PAIR OF GERMAN SECOND WORLD WAR 10 X 80 LUFTWAFFE FLAK OBSERVATION BINOCULARS
CIRCA 1939, THE STAND LATER
£2,520
Auction: Lots 1 - 328 | 13 November 2024 at 10am
Description
likely by Jos Schneider & Co, Kreuznach, Germany, in polished steel and aluminium, with ribbed adjustable lens housings and a horizontal adjusting knob, the right side stamped ‘D.F.10X80’, with maker's code ‘△ dkl X’ and numbered 67090, detachable anti-flare hoods, on an aluminium cantilever bracket, all mounted on a later aluminium tripod with folding stretchers and mounts
Dimensions
the binoculars 40cm high, 36cm wide, 22cm deep
Footnote
Literature: For a similar example see “Militärische Ferngläser und Fernrohre in Heer, Luftwaffe und Marine” (Military Binoculars and Telescopes for land, air and sea service), by Hans Segger, 1996, page 237