Shop now The German military used the Zeiss Periscope for surveillance at the Berlin Wall during the Cold War from 1965 to 1989. ...

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Shop now On the 25th of July, 1917, three leading optical manufacturers (Fuji, Tokyo Keiki Seisaku Sho and Iwaki Glass) joined together...

The Nikko Binoculars / Nippon Kogaku 150mm diameter objective lens straight through binoculars are a rare treasure that were used by the...

In 1936, Germany put out requests to optical companies to manufacture large observation binoculars to be easily used on land and at sea....

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Germany became a leader in optical design, technical innovation and manufacturing of optical instruments during the 1940’s, specifically...

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World War II Naval Optics: Kollmorgen 20x120 A brief history of Kollmorgen Frederick Kollmorgen was a German skilled in optics who, after...

On the 25th of July, 1917, three leading optical manufacturers (Fuji, Tokyo Keiki Seisaku Sho and Iwaki Glass) joined together to form...