WW1 Carl Zeiss Jena binocular case

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WW1 Carl Zeiss Jena binocular case

A Relic Ww1 Carl Zeiss Jena ,binocular case, nicely marked to the top, no date but the fittings are of WW1 period. The case has the belt loop to the back but no strap to the sides, no front lid belt clip. The actual stitching is pretty good some piece missing around the to edge of the lid.

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WW1 Carl Zeiss Jena binocular case

Carl Zeiss (German: [kaʁl ˈtsaɪs];^[1][2] 11 September 1816 – 3 December 1888) was a German scientific instrument maker, optician and businessman. In 1846 he founded his workshop, which is still in business as Carl Zeiss AG. Zeiss gathered a group of gifted practical and theoretical opticians and glass makers to reshape most aspects of optical instrument production. His collaboration with Ernst Abbe revolutionized optical theory and practical design of microscopes. Their quest to extend these advances brought Otto Schott into the enterprises to revolutionize optical glass manufacture.^[3][4] The firm of Carl Zeiss grew to one of the largest and most respected optical firms in the world.

Birth and family

His father Johann Gottfried August Zeiss (1785–1849) was born in Rastenberg, where his forefathers had worked as artisans for over 100 years. August moved with his parents to Buttstädt, a small regional capital north of Weimar, where he married Johanna Antoinette Friederike Schmith (1786–1856). Carls Zeiss’s mother was related to Christiane Vulpius, the spouse of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.^[5]

August Zeiss then moved to Weimar, the capital of the grand duchy of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, leaving the family business in the hands of his brothers. There he became a well respected ornamental turner, crafting lathe turned work in mother of pearl, amber, ivory, and other exotic materials. He came into contact with the crown prince, and later grand duke, Karl Friedrich of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1783–1853),^[5] the successor to Carl August. The crown prince sought a master to teach him ornamental turning and found one in August Zeiss.^[5] The friendship of master and apprentice lasted 40 years. When a son was born to the Zeiss family on 11 September 1816 as the fifth of six surviving children, the newborn son was baptized in honor of his godfather the crown prince and his father the archduke, Carl Friedrich.^[5] Of Zeiss’s siblings, three sisters and two brothers reached adulthood. Before 1885, the family name was spelled Zeiß.^[5]