A PAIR OF MID 20TH CENTURY GERMAN EX-MILITARY 10 X 80 OBSERVATION BINOCULARS ON STAND BY ERNST LEITZ

raised on an aluminium tripod stand inscribed 'DE VERE INDUSTRIAL STAND', the field binoculars marked 'D.F. 10 x 80, beh OX, 47945', 133cm high (legs fully extended), binoculars 34cm long

These military observation binoculars were made by one of the best German optical manufacturers, Ernst Leitz GmbH of Wetzlar. beh was the secret manufacturing code assigned to Ernst Leitz by the German Army Ordnance Department.