Rodenstock Binoculars
date: label: date made
content: 1927
notes: label: Description
content: This a black metal instrument with black leather covering the barrels. The eye end of the left prism housing is marked “RODENSTOCK / IVXA (?)” and the right has text in Arabic, with star and crescent symbol. The translation of the text reads: "the Turkish Republic....made with special lining". The instrument is dated 1927. There is a center focus, and fine adjustment at the eyepieces.
label: Description
content: The Rodenstock optical firm began in Würzburg in 1877, and later established offices and factories in Regen and in Munich. It is still in business, and run by descendants of the founders.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Optics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN80503W00
objectType: label: Object Name
content: binocular case
label: Object Name
content: binoculars case
label: Object Name
content: prism binoculars
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 5 in x 3 in; 17.78 cm x 12.7 cm x 7.62 cm