{"id":17500,"date":"2025-08-20T18:39:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T01:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiquesarmsandarmor.com\/?p=17500"},"modified":"2025-08-20T18:39:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T01:39:22","slug":"rare-kriegsmarine-u-boat-fat-commander-binoculars-blc-1944","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiquesarmsandarmor.com\/index.php\/militaria\/accoutrements\/german-militarypoliticalcivil\/rare-kriegsmarine-u-boat-fat-commander-binoculars-blc-1944\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Kriegsmarine U-Boat \u201cFat\u201d Commander BInoculars, blc 1944"},"content":{"rendered":"

Description: <\/b>\u00a0<\/span>German 8×60 U-Boat Kommendantenglas. An excellent pair of the elusive and highly collectable Carl Zeiss Kriegsmarine binoculars<\/span>, circa 1944. The right receiver cap is marked “8 x 60” and has the serial number “2111161” & “blc.”\u00a0 98% of the original tan paintwork is preserved, and the screw-in dry cartridges are included. The black Bakelite eyepiece protector is correctly marked “Benutzer” and the elastic band is completely undamaged. <\/span>Most important the optics are clear and <\/span>fully functional <\/span>with the slightest of haze.<\/span> Complete with its period leather carrying strap. Though not marked as such, the optics are fully coated on both the ocular and objective lenses. Excellent overall and <\/span>comes fitted-in an exact Kriegsmarine issue-copy wooden storage case; <\/span>A very rare and beautiful pair of real U-Boat binoculars which will be extremely difficult to upgrade.<\/span><\/p>\n

Background:<\/b> \u00a0<\/b>The German Army and Navy used a wide variety of optical equipment, including a 6×30 (6 power magnification with 30mm objective lens), 7×50, 8×30, 8×60 10×50 and others, being the standard issued optics used by all branches of service.\u00a0 This specific binocular was used by the U-Boat commander. <\/span><\/p>\n