Europe Royal Mail International Tracked & Signed 12, rest of world 17. Postage:- UK Royal Mail First Class Signed 6-55. I never end auctions early so there is no “buy-it-now” price. The binoculars will be very carefully packed in a well padded box for dispatch and sent fully insured. For full technical description please see Zeiss catalogue page included in the photos (for the similar pre-1991 version). Sold with original top-loading “luxury” case, case strap and lanyard. So an historic binocular which, I hope, will find a place in a collection of this great marque. Cosmetic condition is likewise excellent, relatively new binoculars which have had little use, with just a few signs of usage. All lenses, prisms and optical coatings are pristine and unmarked and collimation is perfect, no trace of a double image. Internally they are crystal-clear, totally free from fungus and haze. Optical condition of these binoculars is excellent for an original, un-restored example. And the addition of T3M multi-coated optics, introduced in 1976 by Zeiss DDR as a world first, made it even more popular as the ultimate “all-purpose” glass. The Deltrintem itself, introduced in 1920, was one of the most successful ever Zeiss models, a truly versatile compact binocular. And in this “transitional” model certain new features, which were to be carried over to the Docter version, have already appeared, namely the new pattern cast-alloy focus wheel and matching outer eyepiece shells, together with foldable rubber eyecups. Gone is the “Made in DDR” script, replaced by “Made in Germany,” found on all Zeiss products until 1945. Later that year the company was sold to Docter Optic who continued production of the model but under their own brand.
They were manufactured in 1991, after the re-unification of Germany, at the former DDR Zeiss plant in Eisfeld, near Jena. These binoculars, with their very high serial number, are probably some of the very last Zeiss glasses ever to bear the world-famous doublet lens “Carl Zeiss Jena” Kuithan logo introduced in 1904. Carl Zeiss Jena “Deltrintem” 8 x 30 binoculars serial number 7300856.
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