Hi Ian,
Welcome to the forum!
Nice pair of IJN Bino!
Here are the translations (from left to right):
八糎双眼望遠鏡- 8cm Binoculars
航海員主管- Managed by Navigator Crews
格納筐- Storage Case
㐧204号- No. 204
Can't make out the right characters.
昭和十九年?月 - Shouwa 19 (1944) ? month
豊廠光學部製造 - Manufactured by Toyokawa Naval Aresenal Optics Department
Hope they help.
Regards,
Taka
All these years of me lurking around here I've never worked out how ya generate a voter poll!!!
Welcome to the Forum. You have a very nice set of Jaapanese optics. Having the storage case is icing on the cake. Thanks for posting these.
BOB
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I agree, a very nice set. I can see that more might be needed to evaluate the full worth of the set: optics not cloudy, no damage, etc., but the way it looks now and the prices these fetch on ebay at this time, I am confident that you could go north of $1000 fairly easily.
Tom
Thank you for that you have helped enormously, I have put these binoculars up for sale on ebay hoping to find a home for them with someone who will appreciate them more than me. Type 91 Director 8 CM Naval Binoculars Imperial Japanese Cruiser Destroyer | eBay
FYI ... I see they sold for 2850 Australian dollars which at this time is roughly equivalent to 2555 USD.
Regards,
Stu
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