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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LPT" data-source="post: 3374773" data-attributes="member: 78449">Two possibilities:1) For whatever reason (cosmetic damage?) the original markings may have been removed and they were repainted. If so, it's possible the original markings could still be visible if the repaint were removed.2) After WW I there were a lot of secondary French makers who made some of their binoculars without trademarks which were sold to and branded by various retailers in Europe and North America. If so, they could have been made by Fournier, Deraisme, Lemaire, Flammarion, Leger, Colmont or others whose names are not as well known. I doubt, though, they would have been made unmarked by BBT Krauss or Huet. (Among this grouping Lemaire is a curious one - one of the most prominent makers of Galileans, but didn't transition to prismatics with the same success.) And for some unknown reason (liquidation of assets after bankruptcy?) they were never branded</blockquote>