Anonymous User Wrote:
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> THE BINOCULAR KARL-HEIZON COMES IN 2 KNOWN FORMS,
> 7X50 (2 KNOWN) AND 20X60 (2 KNOWN AND ACTUALLY
> 12X60.) THEY HAVE DEUTSCHLAND UNTERSEEBOOT ON
> RIGHT PRISM COVERS.
> THESE BINOCULARS ARE NOT GENUINE U BOAT
> BINOCULARS, BUT ARE MADE BY THE CZ.COMPANY
> MEOPTA,FORMALLY SYRB&STYS IN W.W.2 WHILE UNDER
> GERMAN OCCUPATION.
> OPTICALLY ARE VERY GOOD, AS GOOD AS ZEISS
> EQUIVALENT, BEING COATED, AND WELL SEALED AGAINST
> MOISTURE, BUT NOT WATERPROOF. THEY ALSO COME WITH
> CENTRE FOCUS, WHICH OF COURSE ARE LESS WATER
> RESISTANT, AND ALSO ONLY HAVE DEUTCHLAND
> UNDERSEEBOOT, KARL-HEIZON BEING MISSING.THE 12X60
> (20X60)WAS MADE ONLY IN 1962 AND THUS IS VERY
> RARE, THE 7X50 FROM LATE 1950'S. PERHAPS
> KARL-HEIZON IS AN EX MEOPTA EMPLOYEE, WHO PLACED
> GERMAN I.D. ON THE BINOCULARS TO GET A HIGH
> PRICE.
> I HAVE ALL OF THE ABOVE BINOCULARS IN MY
> COLLECTION, AND OPTICALLY THEY WILL GIVE ANY TOP
> QUALITY BINOCULAR A RUN FOR ITS MONEY. THEY ARE
> WELL WORTH BUYING TO USE,AND ONE DAY WILL BE
> HIGHLY PRIZED BY COLLECTORS OF BINOCULARS SHOWING
> FALSE I.D. AS ONLY A HANDFUL WHERE EVER
> MADE.SHOULD YOU EVER BE LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND ONE
> SNAP IT UP.
Further to this information, I have recently purchased 2 pairs of the 7x50 version of this binocular, one was a w.w.2 Sryb & Stys dienstglas, and changed to unterseeboot markings, secondly, this pair was made by MOM of Hungry, this being evident by the coverings/wrapping which is unique to this maker.So we have a Czeckoslovakian or hungarian who modified the name plates.??? which one.