Ernest Leitz Binoculars WW2 10x 80

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German WW2 10 x 80 Binoculars: These Ernest Leitz Binoculars were primarily used by Luftwaffe Flak Artillery ground crews for spotting and identifying enemy aircraft and directing the crew served Rangefinders, Searchlights and Flak Cannons of the Anti-Aircraft batteries based around many German and occupied ports, cities and industrial centres. Due to their superb optics they naturally also proved useful on the battlefield for tactical observation and from the outset of 1939 were used in many theatres of war by the German Army. Presented here are an great set of binoculars, manufactured by Ernest Leitz bearing the marker of 'BEH 10 x 80' , BEH being the wartime supplier code for Ernest Leitz . They have exceptional optics with the 10 indicating the degree of magnification and the 80 indicating the 6 cm optic width. They have been professionally stripped, restored and serviced before being hand polished and mounted on a modern and bespoke high quality cradle with d polished metal fully adjustable tripod stand. The measurements for the binoculars are approx 35cm long, 50cm across , 15cm high.