CODE LETTERS FOR NAME OF MANUFACTURER FROM WWII …



| |CODE LETTERS FOR NAME OF MANUFACTURER FROM WWII GERMAN OPTICAL PRODUCTS | | |

| |Compiled by Peter Abrahams from 'German Military Letter Codes', John Walter, 1996, East Sussex, | | | |

| |Small Arms Research Publications; | | | |

| | and earlier, less authoritative lists. | | |

|CODE |MANUFACTURER |CITY |COUNTRY |

|b e h |ERNST LEITZ. |WETZLAR |GERMANY |

|b e k |HENSOLDT WERK FUR OPTIK UND MECHANIK |HERBORN |GERMANY |

|b l c |CARL ZEISS, MILITARABTEILUNG JENA |JENA |GERMANY |

|b m h |JIRASEK (not in Walter) |PRAGUE |CZECH |

|b m j |M. HENSOLDT & SOHNE, A.G. |WETZLAR |GERMANY |

|b m t |C. A. STEINHEIL SOHNE, GmbH |MUNICH |GERMANY |

|b p d |C. P. GOERZ, GmbH |VIENNA |AUSTRIA |

|b v f |C. REICHERT |VIENNA |AUSTRIA |

|b y g |JOH. WYKSEN, K.G. |KATTOWITZ |POLAND |

|b z z |I.G.-FARBENINDUSTRIE, CAMERAWERK |MUNICH |GERMANY |

|c a d |KARL KAHLES (telescopic sights) |VIENNA |AUSTRIA |

|c a g |D. SWAROVSKI |WATTENS/TIROL |AUSTRIA |

|c a u |KODAK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, DR. NAGEL WERK |STUTTGART |GERMANY |

|c c x |OPTISCHE UND FEINMECHANISCHE WERKE, HUGO MEYER & CO. |GOERLITZ |GERMANY |

|c l b |DR. F. A. WOHLER |KASSEL |GERMANY |

|c l n |ED. SPRENGER |BERLIN |GERMANY |

|c r h |FRANZ SCHMIDT & HAENSCH |BERLIN |GERMANY |

|c r n |HANSEATISCHE WERKSTATTEN FUR FEINMECHANIK UND OPTIK, FRIEDRICHS & Co. |HAMBURG |GERMANY |

|c r o |R. FUESS, formerly J. G. GREINER & GEISSLER |BERLIN |GERMANY |

|c x n |EMIL BUSCH, A.G. |RATHENOW |GERMANY |

|d d v |OCULUS (optometrist equipment, possibly gunsights) |BERLIN |GERMANY |

|d d x |VOIGTLAENDER & SOHN, A.G. |BRAUNSCHWEIG |GERMANY |

|d k l |JOSEF SCHNEIDER |KREUZNACH |GERMANY |

|d o q |DEUTSCHE SPIEGELGLAS A.G. (telescopes, lenses) |LEINE |GERMANY |

|d o w |WAFFENWERKE BRUNN A.G. (1943-OPTICOTECHNA GmbH) |PRERAU |CZECH. |

|d p g |ADOX KAMERAWERK GmbH (cameras) |WIESBADEN |GERMANY |

|d p v |ZEISS IKON A.G. |DRESDEN |GERMANY |

|d p w |ZEISS IKON A.G. GOERZWERK |BERLIN |GERMANY |

|d p x |ZEISS IKON A.G., CONTESSAWERK |STUTTGART |GERMANY |

|d y m |RUNGE & KAULFUSS |RATHENOW |GERMANY |

|d y s |HEINRICH ZEISS, UNIONZEISS K.G. ('apparently optical' |BERLIN |GERMANY |

|d z l |OPTISCHE ANSTALT OIGEE GmbH |BERLIN |GERMANY |

|e a f |MECHANOPTIK GESELLSCHAFT FUR PRAZISIONSTECHNIK, AUDE & REIPERT |BABELSBERG |GERMANY |

|e a w |R. WINKEL GmbH |GOETTINGEN |GERMANY |

|e e d |KURBI & NIGGELOH (photographic equipment) |RADEVORMWALD |GERMANY |

|e s o |G. RODENSTOCK |MUNICH |GERMANY |

|e s u |STEINHEIL SOHNE GmbH (telescopes & optics) |MUNICH |GERMANY |

|e u g |OPTISCHE PRAZISIONS WERKE GmbH |WARSAW |POLAND |

|f c o |SENDLINGER OPTISCHE GLASWERKE GmbH |BERLIN |GERMANY |

|f j t |PHOTOGRAMMETRIE GmbH (aerial recon. cameras) |MUNICH |GERMANY |

|f l n |FRANZ RAPSCH A.G. (sights, often subcontractor to Busch) |RATHENOW |GERMANY |

|f v s |SPINDLER & HOYER K.G. |GOTTINGEN |GERMANY |

|f v x |BECK & SOHNE |KASSEL |GERMANY |

|f w r |OPTISCHE ANSTALT SAALFELD GmbH |SAALFELD |GERMANY |

|f x p |HANS KOLLMORGEN GmbH |BERLIN |GERMANY |

|g a g |F. MOLLENKOPF |STUTTGART |GERMANY |

|g k p |RUF & Co., formerly CARL SCHUTZ |KASSEL |GERMANY |

|g u g |UNGARNISCHE OPTISCHE WERKE A.G. |BUDAPEST |HUNGARY |

|g u j |WERNER D. KUEHN |BERLIN |GERMANY |

|g w v |ERNST PLANK |NURNBERG |GERMANY |

|g x l |FRANKE & HEIDECKE (photographic equipment) |BRAUNSCHWEIG |GERMANY |

|g x p |HOMRICH & SOHN (photographic equipment) | | |

|h d v |OPTISCHE WERK OSTERODE GmbH |OSTERODE |GERMANY |

|h f o |VALENTIN LINHOF OHG (photographic equipment) |MUNICH |GERMANY |

|h k m |CARL BRAUN KG |NURNBERG |GERMANY |

|h n a |KORELLE WERKE, G.H. BRANDTMANN & Co. (photographic) |DRESDEN |GERMANY |

|h r w |HOH & HAHNE (photographic reproduction equipment) |LEIPZIG |GERMANY |

|h w t |IHAGEE KAMERAWERK, STEENBERGEN & Co. (cameras) |DRESDEN |GERMANY |

|h x h |A. KRUSS |HAMBURG |GERMANY |

|j f n |TETENAL PHOTOWERK, Dr. TRIEPEL, K.G. (photographic equipment) |BERLIN |GERMANY |

|j f p |DR. CARL LEISS |BERLIN |GERMANY |

|j n h |F. TUTEMANN (lens holders & optical equipment) |LUDENSCHEID |GERMANY |

|j o n |VOIGTLANDER-GEVAERT (cameras) |BERLIN |GERMANY |

|j u x |NEDINSCO, NEDERLANDSCHE INSTRUMENTEN, (vehicle & aircraft instruments?) |VENLO |NETHERLANDS | |

|j v e |ERNST LUDWIG |WEIXDORF |GERMANY |

|j x n |HELMUT KORTH |BERLIN |GERMANY |

|k h c |OTTO HIMMLER (microscopes, optical equipment) |BERLIN |GERMANY |

|k l n |ERNST & WILHELM BERTRAM (photographic equipment) |MUNICH |GERMANY |

|k n a |DER ROBOT, BERNING & Co., K.G. (photographic equipment) |DUSSELDORF |GERMANY |

|k q c |JOS. SCHNEIDER & Co., K.G. |GOETTINGEN |GERMANY |

|k r q |EMIL BUSCH A.G. (assembled from foreign components) |RATHENOW |GERMANY |

|k w c |GAMMA FEINMECHANISCHE & OPTISCHE WERKE |BUDAPEST |HUNGARY |

|k x v |A. JACKENROLL GmbH |BERLIN |GERMANY |

|l a e |HEINRICH ZEISS, UNION ZEISS K.G. |GOSTINGEN | |

|l f n |REFLEKTA-KAMERAFABRIK, C. RICHTER (cameras) |THARANDT |GERMANY |

|l m q |CARL ZEISS (assembled from foreign components) |JENA |GERMANY |

|l w g |OPTISCHE WERKE OSTERODE GmbH (assembled from foreign components) |OSTERODE |GERMANY |

|l w w |HUET ET CIE |PARIS |FRANCE |

|l w x |OPTIQUE ET PRECISION DE LEVALLOIS, PARIS |LEVALLOIS-PERRET |FRANCE |

|l w y |SOCIETE OPTIQUE ET MECANIQUE DE HAUTE PRECISION |PARIS |FRANCE |

|m b v |I.G. FARBENINDUSTRIE, A.G.; AGFA (cameras) |BERLIN |GERMANY |

|m c a |FOTOWERK, Dr. C. SCHLEUSSNER, GmbH (photographic equipment) |FRANKFURT |GERMANY |

|m t q |PHOTOCHEMISCHE FABRIK ROLAND RISSE GmbH (photographic equipment) |FLORSHEIM |GERMANY |

|m t r |VOIGTLANDER & SOHN, A.G. (cameras) |BERLIN |GERMANY |

|m t u |A. LORENZ (MTU also used for AEG electrical equipment) |GUTENFELD | |

|m t v |A. LORENZ |DRESDEN |GERMANY |

|n m s |RICHARD HOLZ |BERLIN |GERMANY |

|n x t |S.A.I. OTTICO MECCANICA E RILEVAMENTI AEROFOTOGRAMMETRICI | | |

| | (stereoscopic aerial photography equipment) |ROME |ITALY |

|o c p |AKTOPHOT GmbH (photographic equipment) |PRAG-SABECHTLITZ | |

|o c v |W. KLAZAR (precision engineering; reportedly photographic equipment) |PRAG | |

|o k c |HAUFF A.G. (photographic equipment) |STUTTGART |GERMANY |

|p v f |C. REICHERT |VIENNA |AUSTRIA |

|r l n |CARL ZEISS |JENA |GERMANY |

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| |A.G. = AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT; JOINT STOCK COMPANY | | |

| |GmbH = GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG; LIMITED COMPANY | | |

| |I.G. = INTERRESENGEMEINSCHAFT; UNION OF INTERESTS | | |

| |K.G. = KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT; LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | | |

| |OHG = OFFENE HANDELSGESELLSCHAFT; PRIVATE FIRM (literally, 'open trading company') | | |

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| |umlauts are omitted | | |

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