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Binoculars i.d help please (1 Viewer)
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Pinewood
New York correspondent
Hello,
See this web site. I believe that the "M" mark, beneath the Reichsadler means metric not marine.
Happy bird watching,
Arthur
See this web site. I believe that the "M" mark, beneath the Reichsadler means metric not marine.
Happy bird watching,
Arthur
Gumball
Active member
Just an approximate, but Germany did not begin using the "eagle until about 1936.
Germany began replacing the "name" of the manufacturer with a 3 letter code (beh, bmj, cxn, etc) in about 1941
Therefore, my "guestimation" is that those binoculars were manufactured between 1936 and 1941.
Hope that helps
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Busch 7x50
Frank's site is always useful for info on old and sundry binoculars; I'm seeing a lot of these Busch binos with serial numbers in the high 300,000s pegged at the late 1930s, and I notice that your serial number is much lower, so perhaps the early end of the range Gumball suggests above?
Frank's site is always useful for info on old and sundry binoculars; I'm seeing a lot of these Busch binos with serial numbers in the high 300,000s pegged at the late 1930s, and I notice that your serial number is much lower, so perhaps the early end of the range Gumball suggests above?
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