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Vix Steel
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Posted: May/15/2018 at 16:11 |
Hello,
New to this forum. Found these old Carl Zeiss Binoculars, 8x40 Delactis. I read on this forum that Delactis was discontinued around 1936? Interesting as it looks like there is a Canadian Broad C Arrow markings which is for the Canadian Military stamp. So is it these where ordered by Canada from Zeiss sometime before WW2? Does the serial number have a date code? if so these might be from 1951?? Maybe they were captured then issued to the Canadian Army? Not sure what Zeiss records exist... Anyone able to help? Cheers! |
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Chuck Norris Joined: June/18/2011 Location: TEXAS Status: Offline Points: 122166 |
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Optics Apprentice Joined: June/01/2016 Location: Old America Status: Offline Points: 70 |
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they were likely privately owned and then donated for the war effort in ww2. The British were short of binoculars early in WW2, just like they had been in WW1. As far as that particular model, I believe they began production is 1921 and ended in 36, so they post date this interesting bit of zeiss history that I'll throw out there for trivia:http://greatwarproject.org/2015/07/20/a-clear-case-of-trading-with-the-enemy/A CLEAR CASE OF TRADING WITH THE ENEMYby Mike Shuster
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Zeiss are really helpful if you email them. I would go direct to Germany for this sort of info.
Please let us know what you find! Scrummy
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