Identify Dienstglas binoculars

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craighicks
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Identify Dienstglas binoculars

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Post by craighicks » 03 May 2014, 23:49

I recently inherited a pair of Dienstglas 10x50 binoculars marked 8712 blc+. Does anyone have information ?

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Re: Identify Dienstglas binoculars

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Post by tommy303 » 05 May 2014, 22:24

blc was the wartime code for Carl Zeiss Militaerabteilung, Jena. The + symbol determined the temperature rating of the grade of lubricant or grease to be used with the optics.


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