Early War leitz

[behblc]

An early war set of leitz , company logo on the left prism top and the kriegsmarine eagle on the right side .

The tops are copper and the eagle is intact but a real so and so to try and photograph.
Coverings are good almost 100% , eye cups bakalite coated in rubber , the left eye cup ( bakalite liner) is completely gone but it still has shape.
A bit dirty and dusty inside but no separation, lens are not coated.

[Walkwolf]

Rough, but still nice..........!

[behblc]

They have that "used" look about them , I wanted a set which had intact coverings and the Kgm eagle intact, the eye cups - have not seen a combination of rubber and bakalite before , the eye cups could be replaced but I am loath to do so unless I know for sure that they are not period .
Might leave this set as they are .
At some stage a decent later war set .....

[Hirschstein]

I'd leave them alone James, there is something definitely war time about these, if only they could talk, what stories they could tell ..........

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[behblc]

E.
That is my own gut feeling, having owned leitz sets in the past I tended not to use them very much . Although this set is dusty inside it has not gassed out and it is free of any fungal growth.
I would also be a little worried about potential damage to the coverings in opening them.