RARE Vintage C. P. Goerz Of St. Petersburg 1912 8x
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:803082 |
Binoculars 8x, produced in 1912, by the C.P. Goerz of St. Petersburg destined for Russian artillery officers, during the Balkan Wars and certainly used also during the First World War. On the left eyepiece plate is the logo containing, in Cyrillic, "К.П. ГЕРЦЬ С.ПЕТЕРБУРГЬ" which respectively means "CP GOERZ S.PETROBURGO", while on the right eyepiece plate, in addition to the "6x..." magnifications, the number of series "N ° 19" and the year of production "1912", also the structural characteristic "ПРИЗМ. бИНОКЛЬ" or "Binoculars with Prisms". There are stamped, near the degrees that regulate the interpupillary distance, two symbols that, in all probability, refer to the acceptance by the military authorities in charge. There is also a reference number to the military serial number. The presence of the unusual lattice, associated with the date of production, places, with absolute certainty, the use of binoculars by the Russian artillery officers, during the Balkan Wars. The Balkan Wars were two wars fought in south-eastern Europe in 1912-1913 during which the component states of the Balkan League (Kingdom of Bulgaria, Greece, Kingdom of Montenegro, and Kingdom of Serbia) first conquered Macedonia and the Ottomans much of Thrace and then clashed with each other for the division of the conquered lands. The two Balkan wars represented an important premise for the outbreak of the First World War: it was precisely after the Serbian expansion in the region that Austria-Hungary began to be alarmed. These fears were shared by Germany, which saw Serbia as a precious ally of the threatening Russia. Therefore, it was precisely the increased Serbian power that represented one of the main reasons that led the Central Powers to decree the beginning of the First World War following the assassination of the Archduke of Austria Francesco Ferdinando in June 1914. The vision is perfectly clear, collimated and very bright. The C.P. Goerz was a society of optical and photographic instruments founded in Berlin in 1886 by Carl Paul Goerz (1854-1923), together with Carl Moser, optical researcher, and Ottomar Anschutz, laboratory technician in close relations of friendship; precisely from this last C.P. In 1889 Goerz had acquired the patent for the construction of the first curtain shutter for cameras capable of times of 1/1000 of a second. The company specialized in the production of lenses, cameras, telescopes and binoculars, also for military use. In 1886 it had about 25 employees, who rose to 2, 500 in 1911, although in the maximum expansion the workforce reached 10, 000 employees. As a size it was not even second to Zeiss (who in the same period had 1000 workers less), and exported to many nations, including Russia and the United States. In 1905 Goerz American Optical continued to operate independently in the United States until 1972. In 1908 Goerz Photochemisches Werk GmbH was founded in Berlin, this section of the Goerz group produced films for photography and cinema. The Goerz had a fundamental relationship with the armies of the time and military supplies. In fact, it has remained famous both for the large trench binoculars (World War I) and for the binoculars supplied with all the weapons of the Austrian-German Army (including navy and aviation) as well as Bulgaria, Romania, etc. Even today there are countless specimens of Goerz binoculars that have value on the antiques and optical antiques market, it must be remembered that in 1906 Goerz had already produced and passed the 100, 000 "Triëder" model binoculars, both for civil and military use. In addition to the main and historic factory in Friedenau (Berlin), the C.P. Goerz was also present in London, Paris and Vienna, Bratislava, Milan, Riga and St. Petersburg. Other sections were devoted to chemicals and also to typewriters or calculators, which a division of the company dealt with producing until 1945. In 1910 the company bought the "Sendlinger Optische Galswerke" company founded by J. Von Fraunhofer and C. A. Steinheil for the production of optical glasses and mirrors, which made it completely independent of the purchase from other retailers. After the First World War, with the Treaty of Versailles, the German companies that had produced war material, were braked in production and this soon led to a serious economic situation. In 1923 Paul Goerz died and the company in bankruptcy, was bought by Zeiss who, together with the companies "Contessa", "Nettel", "ICA" and "Ernemann" founded Zeiss Ikon in 1926. Goertz's American division became an independent company with the name Goertz American Optical Co. producing camera lenses and continuing their technical development. In 1971 it was bought by Kollmorgen, which was absorbed by the Schnei Free international Shipping The items are shipped from Moldova (Eastern Europe) and normal delivery time is: - to Europe - about 10-20 days , - to USA about 15-30 days , - rest of the world - 15-30 days Please take a minute to leave your positive feedback, this is very important for me
