15th Jun, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
225
A Pair of Second World War German U-boat 7 X 50 Binoculars by E. Leitz, Wetzlar, numbered 460112, marked 7 X 50 and maker's code beh, finished in black with crinkle enamel grips, rubber armoured, with a later nylon strap, together with a portrait photograph of the Belgian officer who acquired them.
Footnote:- These binoculars were acquired by the vendor's father who was an officer in the Belgian Army. He qualified through University as a linguist in a number of languages and during the latter part of the war was assigned as an interpreter to the British Naval Forces Germany in Kiel Canal in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein ( a major naval base of the German Kriegsmarine) during May 1945.
Estimated at £600 - £800
Slight internal dust spotting, later strap, generally in good clean condition.
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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 15th Jun, 2022
Highlights to include an extensive collection of police helmet plates, badges, belts, handcuffs, and helmets from the Victorian era and the first half of the 20th century, and an interesting collection of powder horns and flasks. The Ethnographica section includes is a Collection of Inuit Art comprising knives, weapons, utensils and decorative objects
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