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Pair of military prismatic field glass binoculars

Collection:  SCM - Optics
Object Name:  field glasses; binoculars
Maker:  E Leitz
Place Made:  Wetzlar, Giessen, Hesse, Germany
Date Made:  1917
Materials:  aluminium (metal); brass (copper, zinc alloy); steel (metal); bakalite; glass
Measurements:  overall: 50 mm x 120 mm x 115 mm, Wt. 0.561kg

Description:  Pair of prismatic ‘roof’ type ‘fernglas’ field glass binoculars, (8 power (?) & 38mm objective lenses), German military model, Serial No.84431, by E. Leitz, Wetzlar, Germany, 1917.

Object Number:  1979-852

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1 Related People

E Leitz
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany
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