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On the bending bar is a mounting for a spring loaded rain guard. It is easy and safely to grip, particularly on a boat. The binocular is rather light - 1185 grams, by its measurements: Height - 167 mm Width - 180 mm. The body was built from alloy, covered with black leatherette. The field of view is 7.3 degrees 128 meters at 1000 meters. Stephen Rohan pointed in his book: ‘This model is often photographed on U-boats, but was also used on other Kriegsmarine vessels and by the coastal artillery’. The binocular was manufactured for Kriegsmarine.Īs Dr. #Carl zeiss jena binoculars 10x50 for sale code#Produced by Leitz, Ernst, G.m.b.H., Wetzlar - war time code - ‘beh’ *). German Binoculars page 2 pages: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (8a)ħ x 50 beh Artil Model- 1940 Carl Zeiss Jena - Binoctem 7 x 50 - 1986 Carl Zeiss Jena - 7 x 50 H blc Kriegsmarineħ x 50 beh - U-boat Carl Zeiss Jena - Stenotar 5 x 12 ca 1923 Teleplast 10x25 - Carl Zeiss JenaĬarl Zeiss Jena - 4 Fach ca 1904 Ca rl Zeiss Jena - Asiola - Telescope Winkelfernrohr (binocular telescope) 10x26 (24) - 1916Ĭarl Zeiss Jena - 8 fach ca 1905 Carl Zeiss Jena Feldstecher 8 vergr 1902. Home Binoculars Cine Collection literature About Us Ask Expert Items for Sale FAQ Contact Note: If you have a vintage binocular you either wish to sell or would just like some information about, I can be contacted at. It may have been made this way so that the binocular could be used while wearing glasses, goggles or a gasmask. With the eyecups removed blackouts are not a problem because the metal ring the eyecup screws onto projects 4 mm beyond the surface of the eyelens which prevents the viewer’s eyes getting too close to them. Optically it is very good particularly when the plastic eyecups are removed enabling the viewer to see its entire wide field of view. it is covered with black texturized paint instead of leatherette and lacks an IPD plate and hinge end cap), its build quality is high and better than that of the collection’s cxn (Busch) 10X50 Dienstglas (see: ). A center focus version called the Dekarem (later, also named the Jenoptem) came out in 1931 and likewise was made until 1990 (see: ).Īlthough this binocular has later war cost-saving features (f.ex. The Zeiss 10X50 Dienstglas is a military version of the civilian model Zeiss Dekaris 10X50 which was introduced in 1929 and remained in production until 1990. #Carl zeiss jena binoculars 10x50 for sale serial#This binocular was serial numbered according to the circa 1943-1945 “Militärglas-Kurznummernkreis”, but if dated according to the original series would appear to have been manufactured in 1899. ![]() ![]() #Carl zeiss jena binoculars 10x50 for sale serial numbers#Although the serial numbers of Carl Zeiss Jena binoculars from 1894 to 1991 are fairly consecutive making most of them easy to date, during WW II the company for unknown reasons introduced two additional sequences for certain binoculars while maintaining the original series for others. The optics are not anti-reflective coated, and there is a standard German Army H/6400 type reticule in the right eyepiece. Notes: The blc marking on the right prism plate is the German wartime code for the manufacturer, Carl Zeiss Jena. Manufacturer/Model: Carl Zeiss Jena, Dienstglas 10X50įield of View: 7.3 deg = 128 m/1,000 m APFOV 73 deg ![]()
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