10th May, 2016 12:00

Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Courageous')

 
  Lot 99
 

99

[M] A PAIR OF 25 X 105 SECOND WORLD WAR FORTRESS...

A PAIR OF 25 X 105 SECOND WORLD WAR FORTRESS BINOCULARS BY SCHNEIDER, CIRCA 1943
unsigned, complete with mounting brackets, top handle, filters and rubberised eyepiece -- 22in. (56cm.) long

Literature: Seeger, Dr. H.T.: Militδrische Fernglδser und Fernrohre in Heer, Luftwaffe und Marine, Druck und Verarbeitung, Hamburg 1995, pp258, which describes how these binoculars were in service along the Normandy coast during the war.

Sold for £1,612
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)


Condition Report
Condition, the case refinished the optics appear in excellent working order.

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A PAIR OF 25 X 105 SECOND WORLD WAR FORTRESS BINOCULARS BY SCHNEIDER, CIRCA 1943
unsigned, complete with mounting brackets, top handle, filters and rubberised eyepiece -- 22in. (56cm.) long

Literature: Seeger, Dr. H.T.: Militδrische Fernglδser und Fernrohre in Heer, Luftwaffe und Marine, Druck und Verarbeitung, Hamburg 1995, pp258, which describes how these binoculars were in service along the Normandy coast during the war.
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