Dienstglas 7x50 beh Ernst Leitz Field Glasses w Case

**Combat Boots** · 12-07-2016, 01:01 AM

Hi Guys,

Shown below is a nice set of binoculars or field glasses marked with the code "beh" which I believe means they were made between 1941 & 1945 by Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar, Germany. This particular set is marked on the lens cover Waffenamt WaA202 and the front of the case with the Waffenamt inspectors mark WaA 14 (if I am seeing that correctly)

means the case was made by Adalbert Fischer in Berlin. Also the date 1942 appears on the front of the case which would coincide with Adalbert Fischer production dates .

There is a graduated line for estimating range or distance in the right side of the optics.

If I am wrong about this information, I would certainly appreciate those who are in the know about these things sharing the benefit of their knowledge.
Thank you, Bob

Dienstglas 7x50 beh Ernst Leitz Field Glasses w Case

Below is some information for the new guys like me that didn't know what the Waffenamt marks meant. This was taken from Wiki.

Waffenamt (WaA) was the German Army Weapons Agency. It was the centre for research and development of Germany and also during the Third Reich for weapons, ammunition and army equipment to the German Reichswehr and later Wehrmacht. It was founded 8 November 1919 as Reichwaffenamt (RWA), and 5 May 1922 the name was changed to Heereswaffenamt (HWA).
The task of overseeing Germany's gigantic World War II rearmament process was given to the Heeresabnahmestelle (the Army Acceptance Organization, commonly referred to as the Abnahme), a subsidiary of the Heereswaffenamt.
By 1940 the Abnahme consisted of 25,000 men in five departments in 16 inspection areas, augmented by specially selected plant personnel who were assigned to assist the Waffenamt inspectors in each manufacturing facility. Later, in the middle of 1944, approximately 8,000 of these Abnahme inspectors were "freed for service at the front".
The Heeres-Abnahmewesen was responsible for the testing and acceptance of all weapons, equipment and ammunition before delivery to the Wehrmacht. Inspections were carried out according to detailed guidelines called "Technische Lieferbedingungen" (TLs) prepared by the various Waffenprüfämter (WaPrüf) departments
When the rearmament program began, Waffenamt inspection departments were established in each factory and armourers were encouraged to apply for positions there. In preparation for their new duties they were given a four-week course at the Heereswaffenmeisterschule (Army Armourers School). The course ended with a test for Technical Inspector which raised the rank of each successful applicant to that of Oberleutnant (First Lieutenant). At the beginning of 1935, all inspection officials in the newly created program started on an equal footing as Technical Inspectors, but by the start of the war in 1939 nearly all of them had been promoted to Technical Inspector First Class with a rank of Hauptmann (Captain).

Waffenamt code is the German inspection proof mark.

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 12-07-2016 01:01 AM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**reneblacky** · 12-07-2016, 01:40 AM

You've done very well I'm jealous!

**Combat Boots** · 12-07-2016, 01:59 AM

Thank you Rene. I think they are very nice too!

**reneblacky** · 12-07-2016, 02:25 AM

Great thing about them is that you can use them took a pair of mine to the cricket

**harryamb2** · 12-07-2016, 07:39 PM

very nice set.

**Combat Boots** · 12-08-2016, 04:57 AM

Correction to the above original post title.
These are not Mauserwerk made glasses.
The correct manufacturer of these binoculars is Ernst Leitz GmbH, Wetzlar, Germany (code beh). Thanks, Bob