Dienstglas Busch SS RZM 103/34

[nickn]

I can understand rzm marks on a benutzer and compass case the numbers relate to the leather firm that made them
And these marks look a lot more authentic then the mark on the case
Don't you think?

[Sgt Bilko]

Maybe - but I still like the binoculars....

[Mikedenmark]

The markings here are missing a prefix letter. I can guess that this is Allgemeine SS unit markings. Rather than a manufacturer´s marking.
That, in turn, open up for speculations on how such small units got their unit numbers engraved. Did the RZM take orders, and then send a list to the producer to have the ordered binoculars engraved at the factory ?

If correct, then the A-SS sturms´s with these numbers should be verifiable.
The numbers shown should correspond to early SA and A-SS collar patch numbers.

I am in doubt about the RZM SS marked case though. I also find the combination of an early WaA eagle and the RZM dubious. Not to mention a free-flying SS mark.
To quote some old greek fella: Unlikely, but not impossible.

[wilddieb]

Here is an other one.

[Sgt Bilko]

Nice - another Hensoldt?

[Mikedenmark]

I tried to look into the marking numbers of the SS.
I can only find 127 Staffeln.

On the other hand, I can find a maker with a number 143. And even one above 1000. Makes me think they had one list of numbers for all companies regardless of what they made.

Binoculars might be equipment, Ausrüstung.
Then the numbers should have an "A" prefix. But other prefix have been seen missing.

I have to go back on my opinion that this might be a unit marking. It cannot be. It must be a manufacturers marking.
153/35 and 103/34.

[nickn]

I cannot find a number for busch and both these numbers are asigned to other manufacturers
And I ask again why would busch Binos even have an rzm number?

[Mikedenmark]

I haven´t been able to find a list of manufacturers.
Which manufacturers have these numbers ?

[nickn]

A leather works and a mild steel fabricator

[Mikedenmark]

I can understand a leather shop. But milled steel?
Why would RZM authorize a milled steel company to deliver items to the party members, for use in the party ?

Do you have the name, and the prefix letter for the code for those two companies ?

[nickn]

MILD STEEL
i guess fitting, buckles ,rivets

[Mikedenmark]

Steel is fairly rare for buckles. They tend to rust.
But no names. Too bad.

[nickn]

Buckles It was only a guess !
mild steel fabricators could mean any item made of steel
And in fact lots of nazi buckle were made of steel
It's easier to look down the list yourself and see that the numbers are not hensoldt or busch in fact both companies were not asigned Rzm numbers so why are they on these binoculars??

[benutzer]

I dont like that there is just one screw

[Sgt Bilko]

Some Zeiss "Dienstglas" marked Silvamars had only one screw too....