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WW2 Royal Navy 7x Barr & Stroud CF41 AP No 1900A Binoculars WORLD WAR 2 ANTIQUE – NO BOX/CASE.
Notes: The Barr & Stroud CF41 was the standard British naval binocular during WWII entering service in 1935 as Admiralty Pattern 1900A and continued to be used as recently as the Falklands War, 1982.
The CF41 was derived from the civilian CF30 model and differs primarily in having an internal filter system. It is also considerably heavier having watertight glands on all moving joints and unlike the CF30 could be filled with dry air to prevent condensation and fungus. Contrary to popular belief there is no evidence that the CF41 was ever nitrogen filled. During servicing a hand pump desiccator, a 25 kg apparatus which looked like bicycle tire pump, was attached to the desiccator connections, and the air inside the binocular was hand pumped from the binocular into the apparatus to a silica gel filled desiccator chamber which dried the air prior to its being pumped back into the binocular.
GARAGE FIND. Condition is Used. These are a fascinating discovery and I am no expert but I can confirm that you can see clearly through the binoculars.
PLEASE SEE OTHER LISTING FOR IDENTICAL BINOCULARS WITHOUT CASE.
Dispatched with Royal Mail or ParcelForce (Whatever is cheaper).
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Category: Cameras and Photography:Telescopes and Binoculars:Binoculars and Monoculars
Location: Bedford