A cold war era Carl Zeiss Oberkochen 10 x 50 periscope binoculars, German, circa 1965.

Specifications: 10 times magnification, coated optics, objective diameter 50 mm, grey filter and drop down grid.

Original transport case. (included protective feet pads and rubber eye guards). 73 x 47 x 28 cm.

This model of periscope was often fitted to Panzer tanks, such periscopes were also employed during the Cold War for observation on the Berlin wall.

Carl Zeiss Oberkochen: In 1946 after WWII Carl Zeiss in West Germany restarted business in Oberkochen, in present-day Baden-Württemberg (Southwestern Germany), as Opton Optische Werke Oberkochen GmbH.