dienstglas covers - any basis in fact?

[Danmark]

There is an online seller peddling these camouflage covers for dienstglas ( field binoculars )
Now I KNOW they are fakes so don't beat me up about it but my simple question is - do these have any basis in fact?

I haven't seen originals nor photos of them being used - I see the practicality ( to a point, unless you want to focus the item ) but I would like to know if they are fake or true fantasy items......

Anyone know?

Cheers, Dan

[kradman]

I have never seen a photo with them in use, not something I would buy

[Danmark]

Thanks - i have no intention of buying them, the question is only if they originally existed or are they a figment of someone's imagination.

[big ned]

Although a little snug, they would make an excellent posing pouch. Where can you buy these....., it's just that a friend of mine is interested.

[HPL2008]

Although a little snug, they would make an excellent posing pouch. Where can you buy these....., it's just that a friend of mine is interested.

Innocent fellow that I am, I thought they looked like shorts for a teddy bear, but as always, Ned's imagination is more colorful than mine.

Speaking of bags:

I remember having seen a photograph of an Jochen Peiper who had wrapped his binoculars in what appeared to be sackcloth.

So, the wish to camouflage binoculars was certainly there and I wouldn't completely rule out that such covers, even though they were not issue items, were made by individual soldiers or unit tailors, using surplus camouflage material.

[JPhilip]

Hello,
Period photos do not show such an item used by WWII german soldiers. The latter mainly used plain or camouflaged hessian cloth to cover/wrap their binos, but i've seen pieces of Zeltbahn, a net mosquito and even a woolen sock used for that purpose...
Thanks

[Danmark]

Thanks JP, Andreas and Mr Pants Man!
So they are someone's wishful thought, not even useful for a dedicated reenactor .....

Cheers Dan

[Graham9]

I've seen one period image of this sort of thing been on a set of bino's . I've been looking for it and can't find it . But you can get them for dragon in dreams action figures and they are normally historically correct . I'd say they where made out of the original zeltbahn apart from the pea dot one.

[Walkwolf]

I have a couple of these covers - Erbsentarn and Blurred
edge 'fall' pattern - that came with two surplus Czech
D-6 binoculars ( one from the 1954, and the other
from 1980 ) They fit nicely on these, but don't fit
so great on standard 6X30 Dienstglas.........

[Danmark]

I have a couple of these covers - Erbsentarn and Blurred
edge 'fall' pattern - that came with two surplus Czech
binoculars ( one from the 1953, and the other from
1980 ) They fit nicely on those, but don't fit that
great on standard 6X30 Dienstglas.........

Can you post up some pix Steve?