Optics & communications equipment

FF33 Tischfernsprecher 38 in excellent condition with all cables and junction box.

A stunning speckled brown bakelite 6×30 binocular case. Later in the war when the Germans ran out of pigment for bakelite they switched over to different fillers. Sawdust was one of the filling materials used, creating a interesting speckled finish. The brown bakelite dienstglas containers where mostly found with tan 6×30 binoculars. The case is in very good, undamaged condition and has a very aesthetic and vibrant light brown colour which would nicely attribute a late war uniform setup.

Black bakelite 6×30 Dienstglas case in excellent condition. Textbook example with all functional straps, cushions and pull tab. Rare example with the circular marking on the lid. Typical example in great condition!

Funk Verbindungskabel or power supply cable, used in Panzer radio set ups.

Rare camera that was used in combination with the Flak Kommando Hilfsgerät 35. It was marked and made by Siemens. This camera was attached to the Flak Kommando Hilfsgerät to track data tracked by the crew. It was introduced to evaluate the crews; it made live firing for practice obsolete. The camera has a modified power supply; I am not sure why that is. The camera looks to be in good condition and with some work could be made working again.

Beautiful and aesthetic brown coloured bakelite 6×30 binoculars or Dienstglas case in very good, undamaged condition. The case itself is manufactured out of phenolic resin with shredded textile fibers as a filler material (a certain variant of/on bakelite). The case features Pressstoff belt loops and a Pressstoff pulling tab on the closing tab which are all still intact. Interestingly these brown coloured cases are virtually always found together with the tan coloured binoculars. The case is in very good, undamaged condition and has a aesthetic and vibrant light brown colour which shows the filler material, this would nicely attribute any late war NCO uniform setup!

Rare Marschkompass 35 marked AFID. This is one of the rarest makers for the Marschkompass 35 in good usable condition. The marker AFID most probably indicates production by Landeslieferungs-Genossenschaft für das Feinmechaniker-Handwerk Sachsen GmbH Dresden.

Pre war 6×30 Dienstglas marked Spindler & Hoyer, Göttingen in good used condition. Hard to find pre war piece!

Beautiful large 7×50 issue power binoculars or Dienstglas in excellent condition. Rare original Kriegmarine 7×50 Gasmask binoculars marked blc indicating production Carl Zeiss, Jena. The rain cover on these binoculars indicate its Kriegsmarine use. Hard to find example with strap and rain cover!

Scarce complete coastal artillery or Küstenartillerie communications headset. The set is complete with all cables and the hard to find connector which is often cut off. Very hard to find a complete set complete with headset and microphone. The rubber cables are mostly flexible and complete. Very hard to find set in very good and complete condition and impossible to find with the connector!

 

Rare late war periscope marked rln. A late war periscope that was designed by Zeiss to replace the standard ZF14 periscope which was expensive to make. This late war, simplified design was used late in the war on self propelled guns and by infantry. The periscope still retains up to 90% of its original factory tan paint. This is a rare late war periscope that would be very hard to upgrade.

Large Flak spotting binoculars marked D.F. 10×80 CXN in externally good condition in full factory tan paint finish. The binoculars are externally in very good condition which is often stripped or repainted. The binoculars should be cleaned internally because one of the sun shields is stuck in a half way position and the lenses are clouded. They are not usable but perfect for display!

Very nice pre war leather Dienstglas rain cover in good, used condition. The rain cover is a textbook pre war construction with high quality leather. This example is nicely marked Carl Zeiss, Jena 1936. Perfect spare to complete a pre war set!

Scarce complete coastal artillery or Küstenartillerie communications headset. The set is complete with all cables and the hard to find connector which is often cut off. Very hard to find a complete set complete with headset and microphone. The rubber cables are mostly flexible and complete. Very hard to find set in very good and complete condition and impossible to find with the connector!

 

Nice original wartime 6×30 binoculars marked blc indicating production by Carl Zeiss, Jena in good used condition.

Rare Kriegsmarine issue 7×50 armoured binoculars or Dienstglas in overall excellent condition. The binoculars are nicely marked blc which indicates production by Carl Zeiss, Jena. The binoculars retains all of its rubber (armoured) parts. A small portion of the thick rubber parts are cracked because of the drought of the material but are original to the piece. The binoculars are finished in the typical yellow/green Kriegsmarine paint and this remains for up to 90%. The sight is still very good and the lenses are clean and clear of visible damages. Nice and rare to find binoculars which were also used with U-boot crews!

 

Rare OB Fernsprecher 43 (Fernsprecher für ortsfesten Betrieb) or field telephone model 43 for usage in fixed locations. These telephones are introduced in 1943 and produced for a shorter time and thereby harder to find. The field telephone is in overall great condition with only a crack on the back at the hinge. Very nice and rare example!

Flak headset L38122 in very good condition. Hard to find with the two pin connector that plugs into the 8,8cm Flak gun intercom.