Product Details
CARL ZEISS, JENA
A RARE PAIR OF 12x60 INCLINED FLAK RANGING BINOCULARS WITH TRIPOD, serial no. 258971,
circa 1943, with slightly tapering and truncated one-piece body, the last 5 1/4in. breaking open on a top-mounted catch and containing a narrow aperture light filter operated via a rotating catch, the top of main body mounted with an offset open sight and spirit level, bakelite knobs for fixing to a tripod, coloured filters and possibly illumination, the rear concave padded leather eye-guard opening to reveal the eye-pieces, the underside with a trapezoid bracket for a tripod, the whole finished in its original German Ordnance Tan paint and marked with a red band around the observation lens guard together with various use instructions, complete with its original Zeiss wood tripod marked 'CARL ZEISS JENA' along one leg in large applied letters (letter I of Zeiss absent), the brass head-mount marked in 360 degree increments and fitted with an aluminium mounting plate, the whole swivelling via rotating locking knobs, bakelite elevation adjustment and complete with leather carry strap and ocular leather guard, the binoculars 17 1/4in. overall, height of tripod collapsed 44in., weight complete approx. 25lbs.
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Estimate £1,200-1,600