Kriegsmarine U-Boat Bino's

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Hiya,

Though not officially U-Boat binoculars my 7x50's have seen some heavy use in their time, also a couple of nice pictures of two lads from U-262( classic pose, headgear, and bino's).

Would i be right in thinking that these blc's were issued en mass to the KM from around mid 1942?

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[Laurence Strong]

Very similar to the one's my Dad captured.

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Hiya,

Here is the serial number, i would like to know if possible the sequence numbering dates etc.

cheers.

[KM-SPAIN]

Hello, from the information that I have, and if I'm not wrong, this bino belongs to a serial of 1.900 U-Bootgalas 7x50 binoculars produced by CZ in 1941 with serail number from 38.300 to 40.200. From the number 38.700 the were marked with the blc code.

Edited May 7, 2007 by KM-SPAIN

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Thanks Eduardo, so do you think that these would have come from the first batch issued by zeiss or was there an earlier model.

cheers.

[Snoopy]

Hello

Very nice binoculars. Nice been there look. The sailor on the left in the picture, has an interesting cap.

Snoopy