Zeiss 'blc' 7x50 U-boat binoculars

A very nice pair of Zeiss 'blc' 7x50 fixed-focus U-boat binoculars, in completely original used condition.
 
Each U-boat would have carried a total of 10 of these binoculars for use on the various watch duties whilst surfaced. 
 
Finished in the typical KM shade of yellow/green, this particular set retains the vast majority of the original factory-applied enamel paint, as well as all of the period black rubber armour.
 
The rubber remains in very good condition for its age, and is one of the better surviving sets of armour we've seen on a pair of these binoculars. 
 
The optics still remain in a very much usable and collimated state! The lenses retain much of the more scarcely seen late-war red coloured coating.  
 
Overall, a pair which still remains as a superb, displayable and 'been there' example of an iconic artefact from the infamous U-boat arm of the Kriegsmarine naval forces!