Collimation is perfect and they producea bright, pin-sharp image to the usual high military standard. Individual eyefocusing in very smooth and the range-finding reticle clearlyvisible in the right optics. Butthis has no noticeable effect on normal viewing and should not getany worse if the binoculars are stored properly. These particular glasses bear Finnishmilitary markings in the form of large white letters around theobjective lenses “IT-JOUKOT” (“AIR FORCES”).Following Finland’s legendary defeat of the Red Army in the 1939Winter War, from 1941-44, the country entered into a militaryalliance with Germany against the Soviet Union which included thesupply of arms and military equipment, these binoculars being onesuch item.Theexcellent factory sealing against dust and water ingress seems tohave lasted very well (I doubt that they have ever been opened) sothe overall condition is very good and optical performance excellent.There is no haze that I can see but there are white patches on theprisms and lenses which are the early stages of fungal growth. Made by one of Germany’s great optical marques, Emil BuschAG, Rathenow, a major supplier of precision optics to Germany’s armedforces through two world wars. Click here for more information and to buy from eBay.īusch”Marluxon” 7 x 50 German WW2 Military Binoculars withReticle.
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