A scherenfernrohr (S.F)with the short arms was developed by Zeiss in 1914 before the war for the Imperial army foot artillery. Its specifications were 10x50. It is quite a rare model nowadays.All WW1 SF's were painted a field grey colour .
The SF on the right is a S.F.14 Goerz 10x50 . On the right arm it states "X 18" indicating that it was made in October 1918.
A modified S.F 14 with elongated arms was introduced by Zeiss shortly after the start of the war in 1914. Its arms were 110mm longer , and the multi coloured SF 14 in the left of the picture is an example . This SF became the principal model of SF of WW2 and was made by a number of German optical companies until 1945.
The ZF 14 on the left was probably made about 1937 onwards because the right prism cover states that it is a "ZF14 Z Gi "(a ZF with a grid reticle pattern ).This SF 14 was made with many brass fittings and is typical of the prewar 2 standards of constuction.
From about 1928, the Reichweir permitted new and issued SF 14 's to be "camouflage"painted ,and troops were able to individualise their SF's with multi coloured paints to achieve a camouflage effect. Collectors now refer to these old multicoloured Sf's as "tricolour" SF's. This SF may initially looks like a mongrel because of its multi colours but it has a history to tell. The tricolour SF's pop up from time to time on Ebay .
In the late 30's and WW2 the paint colours of SF's progressed from a single colour grey ,grey-green, or olive green colour to a sand colour/clay colour. The last SF's of WW2 did not use the red primer undercoat to be found on early WW2 SF's.
(If you are interested in seeing a reasonable collection of WW2 German scherenfernrohr see my collection posted in 25 January 2010 below)
The SF on the right is a S.F.14 Goerz 10x50 . On the right arm it states "X 18" indicating that it was made in October 1918.
A modified S.F 14 with elongated arms was introduced by Zeiss shortly after the start of the war in 1914. Its arms were 110mm longer , and the multi coloured SF 14 in the left of the picture is an example . This SF became the principal model of SF of WW2 and was made by a number of German optical companies until 1945.
The ZF 14 on the left was probably made about 1937 onwards because the right prism cover states that it is a "ZF14 Z Gi "(a ZF with a grid reticle pattern ).This SF 14 was made with many brass fittings and is typical of the prewar 2 standards of constuction.
From about 1928, the Reichweir permitted new and issued SF 14 's to be "camouflage"painted ,and troops were able to individualise their SF's with multi coloured paints to achieve a camouflage effect. Collectors now refer to these old multicoloured Sf's as "tricolour" SF's. This SF may initially looks like a mongrel because of its multi colours but it has a history to tell. The tricolour SF's pop up from time to time on Ebay .
In the late 30's and WW2 the paint colours of SF's progressed from a single colour grey ,grey-green, or olive green colour to a sand colour/clay colour. The last SF's of WW2 did not use the red primer undercoat to be found on early WW2 SF's.
(If you are interested in seeing a reasonable collection of WW2 German scherenfernrohr see my collection posted in 25 January 2010 below)
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