Can any one give me some info on these binoculars. I live in Guernsey. Was part of the Atlantic wall Purchased these from a person who has a coastal bunker in his back garden his farther passed them down to him. His dad must of liberated them But what are they as I cannot find any so well marked on the internet Also what are the springs and leather piece at the bottom??
identical pair here, you may need google translate . http://www.fernglasmuseum.at/museum/zeiss_df7mal50_gasmaskokular/zeiss_df7mal50_gasmaskokular.html I think the springs may have connected to some lens covers a thread on another forum with a similar pair. http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=841068
leather tab. says the leather tab for attaching to the tunic here http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49227
View attachment 183296 View attachment 183294 View attachment 183294 View attachment 183295 View attachment 183296 Foggy1, the leather tab was used to fasten the binocular (anchor it) to the button of a coat or jacket so it would not flop around or bang into a surface and get damaged. As owen has said "Gas mask" is the term used to decribe the set one of the best Zeiss 7x50 models made in WW2 the small ocular lens are very wide so more light in allows for a pin sharp image, they are also very comortable to use. Your set is marked for use with Coastal flak, the markings do add something to the desirability of the set, they date from 1940/41 , if you can give me the number which is next to the eagle I can date them for you from Hans Seeger's book. The Eagle marking is the Zeiss kriegsmarine acceptance marking which disappared in late 1941 giving way to the "blc" three code. The attached jpegs post 1941 sets with bakalite rainguards, button flap and the filters which would have come with the set.(these are almost always lost). Your own set would have had a leather raiguard on three small tensioned spring which would have been encased a in thin leather sheath. The group of three sets , on the left an early "Gas mask" model.
We had a pair of German binoculars which my Dad brought back with him. They were in a case as shown above. I don't know where they are now. They were top quality though, I used them to watch the football match across the road, about 200m away.
Two years ago I was at an airshow at Portrush and purely by chance I noticed a young man using a set identical to yours, I asked him about the set and he told me his grandfather brought the set home from Normandy and it had been given to him when his grandfather passed away. (Attached threee photos of this set, with my obvious interest the gentlman politely made it clear he did not wish to sell or part with them and I reassured him that given his appreciation of his grandfather and the set I would not even consider suggesting this. ( I was just delighted to see them).
Two German U Boat binoculars. (8x60 and 7x50). Also shown one of our own Barr and Stroud 7x50's prepared for HM Submarine service.
