This type also has a Kriegsmarine eagle marking and usually does not have coated optics. ii) “beh” Marked without Rubber Armour, Serial # Range at least 328770 -436830. Earlier examples of this type are marked “T” indicating coated optics with a Kriegsmarine eagle. Later examples beginning with at least serial # 431583 do not have these two markings but still have coated optics and additionally have housings for silica gel desiccant cartridges on the prism plates with each prism plate secured to the chassis by a large ring instead of screws. Seeger shows such a binocular (serial # 431687) on page 291 which is identical to this collection’s example pictured above. iii) “beh” Marked with Rubber Armour, Serial # Range at least 440763 – 474439. This type has coated optics, desiccant cartridge housings and is rubber armoured (often missing in part or whole and/or in dilapidated condition) with different style ocular housings than previous models. Although often called “U-boat binoculars”, these were also much used on surface vessels. The type iii) is the most common variant but in good condition with rubber armour intact may have same or greater value than the other types. The market value of WW II German hand-held military binoculars is very high compared to those of other countries and excepting the very finest ones (most made by Zeiss and of 7X or greater magnification) does not always reflect optical quality or rarity.
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