Original German Pre WWII Rodenstock München 6×25 Feldglas Binoculars with Leather Case Original Items

Original Item: Only One Available. This 6×25 field glass is pre WWII manufactured and of superior quality to wartime examples. Small field glasses were highly preferred by German officers due to their convenience. This example is fully functional, with clear optics, and leather carry case. It is nicely marked as follows:

Rodenstock
München

is marked on the left side, with the model and serial information on the right:

6 x 25

The use of the company name, and not a three letter code, indicates that these were made prior to 1940. Rodenstock of Munich is a rare and desirable maker of these binoculars.

The nice leather case with working spring loaded closure strap  is missing the shoulder strap, but is in overall very good condition.

Overall a very nice example of the classic eye piece for German infantry officers during WWII!

Among all military binoculars after the end of the First World War, the 6 x 30 service glass became predominant in both the Navy and the Army, and it remained the Army’s most used binocular for decades.

From the Army regulations for 1927 and 1940: “As a standard double telescope for all branches of the Army of the Reich, the double telescope 6 x 30 with normal reticle….. and a field of view of 150m at 1000m distance.” In terms of its importance and the quantities produced, the D.F. 6 x 30 was increasingly important after WWI was produced in larger quantities than any other. In the Army Regulations of November 29, 1919, after the end of the First World War, an inventory was ordered of the quantity of optical instruments in the infantry, because of new regulations on equipping the troops with optical instruments, and only the Fernglaeser 03, 08, 6 x 30, and 10 x 50 are listed as hand held binoculars. In a March 1939 paper regarding the height calibrations of reticles, only the 6 x 30 and 10 x 50 are mentioned; and in an Army technical regulation of June 1944, concerning the carrying strap for the Doppelfernrohre 6 x 30 and 10 x 50.

The design of the common D.F. 6 x 30 is similar to the equally common Zeiss Silvamar, with only minor differences.