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1917 Carl Zeiss Deinstglas DF 8x24 WWI German army binoculars |
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My Carl Zeiss Deinstglas DF 8x24 binoculars are WWI German military binoculars “ D.F ” is “Doppel Fernrohrglas”, or Double Telescope. As the war progressed and model 08 non prismatic binoculars were issued to non commissioned officers, binoculars such as these were usually issued to infantry officers. Per Hans Seeger, F.L.S. 65 is an acceptance mark of Fuerwerkslaboratorium Spandau, who took over responsibility for military acceptance of D.F. pattern optical devices in 1908. |
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Japanese External Reverse Porro Prism Binoculars. WEBSITE MUSEUM |
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OTHER BINOCULARS #11 & OPTICAL SIGHTS (MOSTLY MILITARY) |
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1924 Laboratorio di Precisione KL Italian Army 8x26 binoculars #305 |
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My Italian 8x26 military binoculars with the quite low serial number M305 and 1924 date were part of a small production run for the Italian Army by the Laboratorio di Precisione in Rome, a factory that produced Italian military equipment from sometime before 1906, until their plant was largely destroyed by 1943 Allied bombing. The 100 ° L.D. marking is 100 Lastrina Diastimotrica, which I believe is a measure of angle of view. |
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L di P logo |
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1971 NS Polish Army IR Infrared Night Vision military binoculars |
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My 1971 Polish night vision set combines a hand held IR spotlight with active electronic IR binoculars, and battery box. The same components were more widely used as the Polish Army NS-71IR goggle system that mounted to a helmet. The evolution of optical night vision commenced with using large light gathering objectives, then light transmitting efficiency lens coatings, then electronics age infra red spotlights and active optical detection, and then electronic light intensifiers, and then thermal imaging. All are still used in various combinations or in various applications. (IR is used lot for CCTV night vision illumination these days in IR led form, and I use it a lot in for friendly CCTV wildlife night viewership). |
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Nedinsco Finnish Army M55 SA Suomi Armeija Weapons Sight |
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My Nedinsco made M55 weapons sight was made for the Finnish 55 S (55mm Sinko Vuodelta) Raikka Oy recoilless rifle system, nicknamed Nyrkka), and is SA / Suomi Armeija/ Finnish Army property marked. This weapons system was developed in the early 1950’s to replace the previously used German Panzerschrek and Panzerfaust anti tank/ bunker man pack weapons, and six were assigned to each motorized infantry battalion. It was phased out in the 1980’s by the M72 LAW and Apilas. With a radically arched trajectory an optical weapons sight was critical to good hit probability. |
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WWII bmk (Srb & Stys Fabrik Praiser Messinstrumente) Dienstglas 6x30 German Army binoculars |
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My WWII 6x30 German dienstglas military binoculars carry the WWII bmk German wartime code of Srb & Sys Fabrik Praiser Messinstrumente of Prague Zechoslovaka, and have a right ocular reticule/ ranging grid. The + marking indicates 1442 cold weather optical grease, and the blue triangle indicates use to -40 ° C (-40 ° F). In the winter due to cold fogging the camera lens; more frequent bad weather, and shorter hours of sunlight, I tend take more photos inside, which then attracts much more Siamese kitty assistance. |
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FOR GERMAN WWII BINOCULAR and OPTICAL MANUFACTURER CODES |
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1946 Krasnogorsk Mechanical Plant ( Красногорский механический завод, Krasnogorskiy Mechanicheskiy Zavod, KMZ) Russian 6x30 Military binoculars |
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At the end of WWII most binoculars manufacturers (including those in Russia, the UK, Canada and elsewhere that were essentially government operated) usually assembled the binoculars they could from the piles of wartime parts on hand. I think this is probably the case with my 1946 Russian Krasnogorsk state plant binoculars, which have a leather ocular cover, and do not have a graticule/ ranging grid. The Krasnogorsk factory was created in 1942 near Moscow, and still is in operation, and was known for manufacturing Zenit camera products. The “tomb” logo was used by KMZ during the years 1942-1949. |
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CMC Paris French Made 8x26 binoculars UK MOD British Military issued marked binoculars |
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1937 Srb n Š tys Praha 6x30 VZ 9/13 Czech Army binoculars |
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My Czech S rb n Š tys Praha (Prague) 6x30 polni kuk átko (binoculars)military binoculars carry the Czech army insignia. The firm was founded in 1919 as an optics repair and subcontract optic assembler. From 1924 Srb & Štys produced binoculars for the Czech army and military optics for the Turkish, Yugoslav and Greek armies. From 1934 they also produced military optics for the armies of Bulgaria, Denmark, France, India, Portugal and Spain. With the 1938 German occupation the company produced German pattern Dienstglas binoculars like my bmk binoculars. The company was renamed Meopta np Ko š ire in 1945 and this collection also has various Meopta brand military binoculars. Dated 1937. Wikipedia info credit. |
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1911-1917 Japanese Fujii Bros Patent 6 power Military binoculars |
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Fujii Brothers of Japan started their Japanese binoculars production in 1911. Fujii Bros production ended in 1917 when they joined Tokyo Keiki Seisaku Sho and Iwaki Glass to form Nippon Kogaku (which later became Nikon), so my binoculars date 1911 to-1917. These binoculars have an anchor marking, which may be an acceptance mark? And many of the markings appear to have been first hand scribed in layout, and then stamped or inscribed more precisely, which I have not seen done previously. That as well as the 2098 serial number reflects quite early production. These were obtained in the USA and probably represent binoculars reused by the Japanese during WWII, and brought home by a US soldier. US soldiers always grabbed all binoculars they could in WWII, and brought or mailed them home. |
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I cannot decipher the Japanese characters, and hope a viewer can ? miniature.binoculars@gmail.com 翻訳 を手伝ってください |
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WWII era Hensoldt Wetzlar 6x30 den norske haer Norwegian Army military binoculars |
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Czech lion Army crest |
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