Unit marked 6x30 Busch Dienstglas

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this one I bought because it has unit marks.
Serial #158235, maker Busch (without "Rathenow").

As for the marks my theory is I.S. for Infanterieschule and later K.S.D. for
Kriegsschule Dresden.
What do you think, convincing?

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[Mikedenmark]

Markings looks old enough.

J.S. might be InfanterieSchule, K.S. Also likely, could be KriegsSchule. Still, I would check out the Schutzpolizei marking regulation as well. I always say so, when I see markings that ends with an S. They have been published in articles in Deutsche waffen Journal many years ago. I don´t know if they are available online anywhere, but the magazine exist on DVD´s

But if this is a fake, anything can be.

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Thanks very much, Mike.

That's good hint with Schutzpolizei.
Will check my gun books etc.

Can any conclusions be drawn from the serial?
Maybe the year of production?

I strongly doubt the marks are faked.
The sloppy photos don't quite do it justice.

Best,
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[Mikedenmark]

Well. I have checked the web for german police markings, and they are there, abundantly.

I think your original idea is more likely. I had forgotten than Schupo markings starts with an S, not ends with one.

Dr. Seeger has done a tremendous job on Zeiss binoculars.

But we lack similar information on other makers. Like on Busch, Voightländer, and Goerz.

I have been told that there are collectors, who collect german navy property numbers on binoculars from open sources. I hope they will, one day, make this available to the world.
( and the week after that, someone publish a facsimile of the original storage files from the german navy. That is how the world is. )
There are plenty of unanswered questions out there for anyone, who likes to investigate.

No details on what text has been removed above the 6x30 M marking ?? And I wonder what the M means.
It could be metric. The general design is post 1908. When did Germany adopt the metric system?( I checked: 1872. Sounds weird. Then why was Wehrmacht 6x30 binoculars inch-designs well into the late thirties???)
(The K98k rifle was an inch design. And it was kept as an inch design through WWII to maintain interchangeability of the parts)

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Thanks again, Mike!

With a strong magnifying glass, I can clearly make out a "Dienstglas" removed.
It is hard to picture but I will try with a non-cellphone camera asap.
The IS to KSD theory is not too convincing from the pics provided so far.
I greatly appreciate your activity into the matter, Mike.
Dresden was THE garrison in those days so why not from there?
Unfotunately, I got no more history info on the binos.
I asked for advice from Frontalschaden who is an expert for 3rd Reich ID tags and related abbreveations but he is uncertain as for my interpretation.

Will give a better pictorial insight soon.

Cheerio/Skøl/Prost
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