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Vintage-Very Rare W. Rabe Rathenow 6×30 Weera Binoculars 1911 Tested works

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Original price was: $66.00.Current price is: $39.60.

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MPN : 312
Type : Binoculars
Optical Design : Porro Prism
Objective Lens Diameter : 30
Maximum Magnification : 6x
Size : Compact
Model : Weera
Lens Coating : Coated
Country/Region of Manufacture : Japan
Features : Vintage
Application : Opera Glasses
Brand : W. Rabe

Vintage-Very Rare W. Rabe Rathenow 6×30 Weera Binoculars 1911 Tested works. Condition is “Used”. Shipped with USPS Priority Mail. Please see pictures what you see in the picture is what you gonna received, If You have any question please let me know.Thank You!!! Definitely 110 year old tiny compact Opera Binoculars from Rathenow Germany pre WW1. Used, working prism Binocular right eyepiece dry, but works. Collimation is Good , Image is Good for such a old small pair of binoculars. 6×30 Darn hard to find! History: Seen on old ads, now finally in reality! W. Rabe Rathenow 6×30 Weera”. Heavy brass made: plates, washers, axis, objective cases, eyepieces. Leather cover. Very sharp up to the edges but narrow fov, estimated 110/1000m. The 1911 ad says: “Wilhelm Rabe, Rathenow 31, Optische Anstalt, gegründet 1874” (established 1874). According to Manns (2017 p. 56-57), Karl Wilhelm Rabe (1845-1912) started a factory and a mail-order business in optical merchandise in Rathenow in 1874. The company produced eyeglasses, prism and galilean binoculars. Furthermore, microscopes and magnifiers made by other producers were offered. In 1906 Karl Wilhelm Rabe transferred the business to his son Otto Albert Wilhelm Rabe (1878-1962). The company’s logo was a raven sitting on a pair of galilean binoculars. Now weapons and ammunition for hunters developed to a second mainstay along with a gunsmith workshop. “Wilhelm Rabe, Rathenow 31, Spezialhaus für Optik” offered special optical gear and rifle scopes for hunters as well. The business worked until 1945. After the war the family Rabe moved to Western Germany. The firm’s name was deleted in the commercial register by 1968. 1911 an 8x and a 12x “Weera” were listed. The ad of 1914 advertised “Rabe’s Prisma-Binokle “Weera” in feinster Rathenower Qualität” with 26-30 mm objectives in 6x, 8x, 12x power.

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