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Originally posted by georgeclHere is a list of the codes used during the War on optics..
beh - Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar
blc - Carl Zeiss, Jena
bmj - M. Hensoldt & Sohne, Wetzlar
bmt - Steinheil & Sohne, Munich
bpd - C.P. Goerz, Vienna
cag - D. Swarovski, Wattens
cxn - Emil Busch, Rathenow
ddx - Voigtlander & Sohn, Brunswick
dkl - Joseph Schneider, Kreutznach
dzl - Oigee, Berlin-Schoneberg
eaw - R. Winkel, Gottingen
eso - G. Rodenstock, munich
esu - Steinheil & sohne, Munich
eug - OPW (Zeiss affiliate), Warsaw
jux - Nedinsco ( Zeiss affiliate), Venlo
rln - Carl Zeiss, Jena
This list may not be compleat.
but these are what i have..
thanks
George
I think there's a few more than that for German WW11 optics and precision instruments maybe more?
Hugh
Bbw Electroacustik KG, Kiel
Bck Bruninghaus & Co, Leder u. Metallwarenfabrik, Versmold
Bef Clemens Riefler, Fabrik Mathematischer Instrumente, Nasselwang/Bayern
beh Ernst Leitz GmbH, Wetzlar, Germany
bek Hensoldt Werk fur Optic und Mechanik, Herborn, Germany
bgu Theodor Wuppermann GmbH, Walzwerk und Fassonschmiede, Koln
blc Carl Zeiss Militarabteilung, Jena, Germany
bmh K Jirasek Fabrik fur Feinmechanic und Optic, Prague, Czech
bmj Hensoldt & Sohne Optische Werke A-G, Wetzlar, Germany
bmk Srb & Stys Fabrik Praziser Messinstrumente, Prague, Czech
bmt C A Steinheil & Sohne GmbH, Optische Werke, Munich, Germany
bpd C P Goerz GmbH Optische Anstalt, Vienna, Austria
bvf C Reichert Optische Werke,Vienna, Austria
bvu Franz Kuhlmann,Wilhelmshaven, Germany
bwt G Heyde K-G, Dresden, Germany
bxc Kreiselgerate GmbH, Berlin
bxx Askania Werke AG, Berlin
byg Joh Wyksen K-G Optische Fabrik und Feinmachin, Katowitz, Poland
bzz J G Farbenindustrie A-G Camerawerk, Munich, Germany ( Agfa )
cad Karl Kahles Optiker, Vienna, Austria
cag Swarovski,Tyrol, Austria
cau Kodak Aktiengesellschaft,Stuttgart, Germany
ccx Hugo Meyer & Co Optische und Feinmechanische Werke, Gorlitz, Germany
cdc Kern, Klager & Cie, Berlin ( binocular Cases )
clb Dr F A Wohler, Kassel, Germany
clk F W Breithaupt & Sohne Fabrik Geogatisher Instrumente, Kassel,Germany
cll August Baumgart Feinmechanik & Prazisionmashinenbau, Rathenow
clm Biedermann & Czarnikow, Berlin
cln E Sprenger Optische-Mechanische Werkstatten, Berlin
cmc Gegr Wichmann, Berlin
cmd ditto
cme ditto
cny C Pose, Berlin ( ? binocular cases )
crg W Lambrecht, Instrumente, Gottingen, Germany
crh F Schmidt & Haensch, Steglitz, Berlin
crj Otto Fennel Sohne K-G, Instrumente, Kassel, Germany
crn Friedrichs & Co, Hamburg ( see also ctn )
cro R Fuess, Optische Industrie, Berlin
ctn Freidricks & Co, Hanseatische Werkstatten fur Feinmechanik und Optik, Hamburg ( see also crn )
cwu Georg von Kremp, Wetzlar, Germany
cxc Dr Paul Mozar, Fabrik fur Feinmechanik, Dusseldorf, Germany
cxn Emil Busch A-G, Optische Industrie, Rathenow
czn ditto
ddv Oculus, Berlin
ddx Voigtlander & Sohne A-G, Braunschweig, Germany
dho Nordmark GmbH, Prerau,Czech
dhq J D Moller GmbH, Wedel
dhv Berliner Physikalische Werkstatten GmbH, Berlin
dkl Jos Schneider & Co, Kreuznach, Germany
doq Deutsche Spielgelglas A-G, Leine, Germany
dow Opticotechna GmbH, Prerau or Optitechna, Brerau, Czech
dpg Adox Kamerawerk GmbH, Wiesbaden, Germany
dpv Zeiss Ikon A-G, Dresden, Germany
dpw Zeiss Ikon A-G, Goerzwerk Kehlendorf Berlin
dpx Zeiss Ikon A-G, Contessawerk, Stuggart, Germany
dqc Eugen Ising, Metallwarenfabrik
dxt Kadlec-Instrumente-Fabrik, Prague, Czech
dym Runge & Kaulfuss, Rathenow ( poss also / or dyn )
dys Heinrich Zeiss, Berlin
dzl Oigee GmbH optische Anstalt, Berlin
eaf Aude & Reipert Optische Industrie, Babelsberg, Germany
eaw R Winkel GmbH Optische industrie, Gottingen, Germany
ejo Presswerk AG, Essen
eed Kurbi & Niggeloh, Radevormwa, Germany
ehe Rommler AG, Spremberg
emq Karl Zeiss, Jena, Germany
emv Hertel & Reuss, Kassel, Germany
eoc A Ott, Instrumente, Kempten
eos W Feiler Feinmechanik GmbH, Berlin
eot Fichter & Hackenjos K-G, Fabrik fur Feinmechanik, Villingen
erv Fritz Hofmann, Erlangen
eso Rodenstock Optische Werke, Munich, Germany
esu Steinheil Sohne GmbH, Astronom Industrie, Munich, Germany
eug Optische Prazisions-Werke GmbH, Warsaw, Poland
fco Sendlinger Optische Glaswerke GmbH, Zehlendorf, Berlin
fjt Photogrammetrie GmbH, Berlin
fll Feinapparate-Bau, Werk Gablonz
flm ditto Werk Thurn
fln Franz Rapsch Optische Fabriken A-G, Rathenow
fpr Fr Moller, Brackwede, Westphalia
frn Federn-, Draht- und Metallwarenfabrik, Havel
fvs Spindler & Hoyer, Gottingen, Germany
fvx Chr Beck & Sohne, Kassel, ( Beck-Kassel ) Germany
fwq Saalfelder Apparatebau GmbH, Saalfeld
fwr Optische Anstalt Saalfeld GmbH, Saalfeld, Germany
fxp Hans Kollmorgen GmbH, Kassel, Germany ( poss also / or fzp )
fzg Feinmechanik GmbH, Kassel, Germany
gag F Mollenkopf Optische Industrieanstalt, Stuggart, germany
gcg H Maihak A-G Fabrik fur Techn. Instrumente und Feinmechanik gerate, Hamburg.
ghd Carl Kneusel, Zeulenroda/ Thur
gkp Rufs & Co, Kassel, Germany ( poss also/or ghp )
gmk Kroymann & Co GmbH, Schuh und Sportartikel Fabrik, Hamburg. Bino Cases
gpa Groos & Graf, Feinmechanik und Prazisionmaschinenbau, Berlin
gpr Berchtold, Gebr, Instrumente, Tuttlingen
gug Ungarische Optische Werke A-G, Budapest, Hungary
guj Werner D Kuehn Optische Industrie, Steglitz, Berlin
gwr Dennert & Pape, Hamburg
gwv Ernst Plank Fabrik Optische und Mechanischer, Waren, Nurenberg, Germany
gxh Nitsche & Gunther Optische Werke K-G, Rathenow
gxl Franke & Heidecke, Braunschweig, Germany
gxp Homrich & Sohne, ?
hap Max Kohl A-G, Chemnitz
hdv Optische Werke Osterode GmbH, Osterode, Harz, Germany
hfo Valentin Linhof OHG, Munich, Germany
hgu Friedenauer Technische Wekstatte, Berlin
hkm Carl Braun K-G Optische Industrie, Nuremberg, Germany
hna Korelle Werke Brandtmann & Co, dresden, Germany
hrw Hoh & Hahne, Leipzig, Germany
hwt Ihagee Kamerawerk Steenbergen & co, Dresden, Germany
hxh A Kruss Optisch-Mechan, Hamburg
jfn Tetanal Photowerk, Berlin
jfp Dr Karl Leiss Optische und Mechanische Instrumente, Steglitz, Berlin
jfu Wilhelm Lehmann & Co K-G, Feinmechanische Werkstatte, Hamburg
jfv ditto Magdeburg
jkk L Castagna & Sohn Feinmechanische Werkstatten, Vienna, Austria
jnh Hensoldt & Sohne but one list shows this code used by F Tutemann of Ludenscheid
jon Voigtlander-Gavaert, Berlin
jux Nedinson, Nederlandsche Instrumenten, Venlo, Netherlands
jve Ernst Ludvig Optisches Werk, Weixdorf, Germany
jxn Helmut Korth, feinmechanik und Optik, Berlin
kgc Nahmashinenfabrik A-G, Sobeslav, Bohemia
khc Otto Himmler, Mikroscope, Berlin
kjj Askania Werke AG, Berlin
kln Ernst & Willhelm Bertram, Munich, Germany
kme Max Lang, Lauter
kna Berning & Co K-G, Photographische Apparate und Bedarfsartikel, Dusseldorf
kov Bernard et Turenne, Establissement Barbier, Paris
kqc Jos Schneider & Co Optische Werke K-G, Gottingen, Germany
krm C Pose, Berlin ( bino cases only ? )
krg Emil Busch A-G Optische Werke, Budapest, Hungary
krq ditto Rathenow
kry F A Sening, Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg
kwc Gamma, Feinmechan und Optische Werke, Budapest, Hungary ( poss kwe )
kxv A Jackenroll Optische Anstalt GmbH, Berlin
lae Heinrich Zeiss, Gostingen
lfn C Richter Kamarafabrik, Tharandt, Germany ( Reflekta )
lmg Carl Zeiss Jena and/or lmq
lux Schlieper & Baum AG, Wappertal
lwg Optische Werke Osterode GmbH, Freiheit bei Osterode, Harz, Germany
lww Huet & Cie, Paris, France
lwx O.P.L. ( Optique et Precision de Levallois ), Lavallois, Paris, France
lwy Societe d’Optique et Mechanique de Haute Precision SOM, Paris
mav H Mailak A-G Fabrik fur Techn. Messinstrumente und Feinmechanik, Hamburg
mbv I-G Farbenindustrie A-G, Berlin ( Agfa)
mca Dr C Schleussner Fotowerke GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany
mgf August Fischer Werkstatten fur Feinmechanik, Gottingen, Germany
mjc Feinmechanische Werkstaetten Warsitz, Amsterdam, Netherlands
mny Gerhard Hofmann Werkstatte fur Feinmechanik, Berlin
mnz Erich Holz Feinmechanische Werkstatte, Berlin
mtq Roland Risse GmbH Photochemische Fabrik, Florsheim, Germany
mtr Voigtlander & Sohn A-G, Berlin ( poss also mlr )
mtv A Lorenz Feinmechanik-Optik, Dresden also mtu and mtw<O></O>
nac Feinmechanische Zentrale Overbeck, Herborn
ndv Feinmechanische Werke Neumuhlen GmbH, Kiel
nek O Perlitz Prazisionmechanik und Apparatebau, Berlin
nmh De Pleskot & Co, Messinstrumente, Prague, Czech
nms Richard Holz, Optischmechan. Berlin
npx Ludwig Rossler Feinmechanische Werkstatte, Munich, Germany
nuj Schaper & Uebel Feinmechanik, Dresden, germany
nxt S.A.I. Ottico Mechanica e Rilevamenti Aerofotogrammetrici, Rome
ocp Aktophot GmbH, Sabechtlitz, Prague, Czech
ocv W Klazer Feinmechanik und Fotobedarf, Prague, Czech
okc Hauff A-G, Stuggart, Germany
pvf C Reichert, Optische Werk, Vienna, Austria
rln Carl Zeiss Jena, Germany. after Nov 1944
rtm Steinheil, Munchen ?
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Nice job, well !! but not all is true
rln Carl Zeiss Jena, Germany. after Nov 1944
rln is/was Carl ZEISS started end of 42 beginn 43
and not all factorys make optics and precision instruments
example: frn Federn-, Draht- und Metallwarenfabrik, Havel
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Zeiss Jena Dekaris 10x50
Great information! Very useful.
I recently acquired a pair of Zeiss 10x50's. The serial number located on the lower washer is: 1823702, which I believe indicates they were made in 1936. There is no RZM code or Deinstglas marking. When did Zeiss start marking their binoculars with the RZM codes, which started circa 1935?
Many thanks,
Al
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RZM codes are from the Reichzeugmeister, which is the nazi party procurement agency.
Not a government body. They supplied the allgemeine SS and the SA with uniforms, eagles, insignia, flags, daggers, etc.
And a few, very few, binoculars.
It was a party organisation. Supplying the party members and organisations. Like if the GOP today supplied MAGA caps.
RZM marked binoculars are super rare, and has nothing to do with the military.
Dienstglas was usually seen on prewar military binoculars with a full company name like Zeiss or Hensoldt.
Later, when the army code system was introduced, many binoculars were no longer marked Dienstglas as the codes were exclusively used on military binoculars.
A coded pair of binoculars could therefore not be owned by a civilian.
The use of the military codes started around 1940. Dienstglas literally means: Service Binoculars.Last edited by Mikedenmark; 10-01-2018, 02:52 AM.
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Originally posted by Mikedenmark View PostRZM codes are from the Reichzeugmeister, which is the nazi party procurement agency.
Not a government body. They supplied the allgemeine SS and the SA with uniforms, eagles, insignia, flags, daggers, etc.
And a few, very few, binoculars.
It was a party organisation. Supplying the party members and organisations. Like if the GOP today supplied MAGA caps.
RZM marked binoculars are super rare, and has nothing to do with the military.
Dienstglas was usually seen on prewar military binoculars with a full company name like Zeiss or Hensoldt.
Later, when the army code system was introduced, many binoculars were no longer marked Dienstglas as the codes were exclusively used on military binoculars.
A coded pair of binoculars could therefore not be owned by a civilian.
The use of the military codes started around 1940. Dienstglas literally means: Service Binoculars.
Thanks again, Al
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Originally posted by Mikedenmark View Postphotos would help. Check for small eagles at the bridges.
Thanks, Al
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Originally posted by aljoe View PostNo small eagles. I will take photos upon daylight--but I never have been able to upload photos to the forum. May have to send photos via email to someone offering to upload for me.
Thanks, Al
Thanks, Al
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Pictures of 1936 Zeiss 10x50
After taking pictures of the binoculars, I went to FAQ for instructions on how to upload. After clicking on Post Reply (where I am now) it said to click on Manage Attachments, then click on the Browse Button. However, nowhere could I find Manage Attachments. Am I missing a step somewhere?
Thanks, Al
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It may be because you are not an associate member ( paying member)
The manage attachment button should be visible if you scroll down, once you have pushed the reply buttom.
White button, centered way below the message window. It opens a new window where you can upload photo´s.
An alternative is to upload the photos to a suitable online photo service, then show the links to them in a message here.
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