Original British WWII Canadian Contract Made MkII 6×30 Binoculars by Research Enterprise Limited Dated 1945 With 1943 Dated P-37 Case Original Items

Original Item: Only One Available. The Canadian government set up Research Enterprises Limited in Toronto in 1940 to make optics and electronics for the war effort. They remained in operation until 1946. These 6×30 binoculars were well-known and used but was essentially a copy of the US M3 binoculars, built on machinery obtained from Bausch & Lomb. It was functionally equivalent to the British No.2 Mk.II binoculars so was used as a substitute by them and Australia as well as the Canadian military, called the No.2 Mk.II CDN in the ordnance system.

The binocular’s left barrel is marked with the abbreviation C.G.B. which stands for Contract Great Britain. From France’s collapse in June 1940 to the German invasion of the USSR in June 1941, Canada supplied Britain with urgently needed food, weapons, and war materials by naval convoys and airlifts, as well as pilots and planes who fought in the Battle of Britain and the Blitz.

The left barrel is marked with the following:

C.G.B 37 MA
6X30
68938-C
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The right barrel is marked with:

GRATICULE
5 MILS APART
R.E.L. / CANADA
1945

The binoculars come in a very nice, almost unissued Canadian P-37 khaki canvas carry case, made by Zephyr Loom and Textile Limited – Canada’s primary WWII web equipment manufacturer. The top is faintly marked Z L & T Ltd and dated 1943. You can only read the lower half of this marking but after comparing it with previous ones it “lines up”. Below this is the “Broad Arrow in C” Canadian acceptance mark. The case does have the detachable shoulder strap and clips on the back for interfacing with the standard P-37 equipment setup.

A very nice set of WWII Canadian / British Binoculars, complete with case!