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6×30 (without serial numbers)

This is a list of German 6×30 military style service glasses, without serial numbers, and without markings indicating equipment of the German Armed Forces during World War II, but believed to have been manufactured in Germany or in German occupied countries sometime during the era of the Third Reich between 1933 and 1945, or during the period of German reconstruction after World War II. 

These service glasses, observed in collections and recorded from sources online, have not been clearly identified or documented within their proper historical context. It is not known who manufactured them or when they were made.

6x30s without serial numbers or other markings
 S/N  C/R Mark Identifying Features  Mfg / Maintenance
no s/n
Black “rice” body covering, aluminum fittings, black Bakelit (Bakelite) rear lens fittings, left prism cover blank, right prism cover marked “6×30”, no serial number, no other markings, possibly made by Daniel Swarovski Tirol, Wattens, Tyrol, Österreich (cag) or Voigtländer u. Söhne AG, Braunschweig (Brunswick), Lower Saxony (ddx) late 1944 or early 1945, or by others from parts during the reconstruction period in Germany after World War II, rear lens lock nuts with distinctive wrench drive slots, black leather carrying strap.
cag or ddx : no s/n
mfg. about 1944 – 1945

 
no s/n
Black “rice” body covering, aluminum fittings, black Bakelit (Bakelite) rear lens fittings, left prism cover blank, right prism cover marked “6×30”, no serial number, no other markings, possibly made by Daniel Swarovski Tirol, Wattens, Tyrol, Österreich (cag) or Voigtländer u. Söhne AG, Braunschweig (Brunswick), Lower Saxony (ddx) late 1944 or early 1945, or by others from parts during the reconstruction period in Germany after World War II, rear lens lock nuts with distinctive wrench drive slots, black leather carrying strap.
cag or ddx : no s/n
mfg. about 1944 – 1945

 
no s/n
Black “rice” body covering, aluminum fittings, black Bakelit (Bakelite) rear lens fittings, left prism cover blank, right prism cover marked “6×30”, no serial number, no other markings, possibly made by Daniel Swarovski Tirol, Wattens, Tyrol, Österreich (cag) or Voigtländer u. Söhne AG, Braunschweig (Brunswick), Lower Saxony (ddx) late 1944 or early 1945, or by others from parts during the reconstruction period in Germany after World War II, rear lens lock nuts with distinctive wrench drive slots, black leather carrying strap, black rubber eye piece protector, rain protection cover, user cap for rear lenses.
cag or ddx : no s/n
mfg. about 1944 – 1945

 
no s/n
Sandgelb (sand yellow) painted body, aluminum fittings, brown Bakelit (Bakelite) rear lens fittings, left prism cover blank, right prism cover marked “6×30”, no serial number, no other markings, possibly made by Daniel Swarovski Tirol, Wattens, Tyrol, Österreich (cag) or Voigtländer u. Söhne AG, Braunschweig (Brunswick), Lower Saxony (ddx) late 1944 or early 1945, or by others from parts during the reconstruction period in Germany after World War II, rear lens lock nuts with distinctive wrench drive slots, black leather carrying strap.
cag or ddx : no s/n
mfg. about 1944 – 1945

 
no s/n
Sandgelb (sand yellow) painted body, aluminum fittings, brown Bakelit (Bakelite) rear lens fittings, left prism cover blank, right prism cover marked “6×30”, no serial number, no other markings, possibly made by Daniel Swarovski Tirol, Wattens, Tyrol, Österreich (cag) or Voigtländer u. Söhne AG, Braunschweig (Brunswick), Lower Saxony (ddx) late 1944 or early 1945, or by others from parts during the reconstruction period in Germany after World War II, rear lens lock nuts with distinctive wrench drive slots, black leather carrying strap.
cag or ddx : no s/n
mfg. about 1944 – 1945

 
no s/n
Sandgelb (sand yellow) painted body, aluminum fittings, brown Bakelit (Bakelite) rear lens fittings, left prism cover blank, right prism cover marked “6×30”, no serial number, no other markings, possibly made by Daniel Swarovski Tirol, Wattens, Tyrol, Österreich (cag) or Voigtländer u. Söhne AG, Braunschweig (Brunswick), Lower Saxony (ddx) late 1944 or early 1945, or by others from parts during the reconstruction period in Germany after World War II, rear lens lock nuts with distinctive wrench drive slots, black leather carrying strap.
cag or ddx : no s/n
mfg. about 1944 – 1945

 
no s/n Δ
Sandgelb (sand yellow) painted body (partially repainted), aluminum fittings, brown Bakelit (Bakelite) rear lens fittings, left prism cover marked “cag” over “Δ” (blue, filled in), right prism cover marked “6×30”, not marked “H/6400” but has reticle, no serial number, no other markings, possibly made by Daniel Swarovski Tirol, Wattens, Tyrol, Österreich (cag) or Voigtländer u. Söhne AG, Braunschweig (Brunswick), Lower Saxony (ddx) late 1944 or early 1945, or by others from parts during the reconstruction period in Germany after World War II, rear lens lock nuts with distinctive wrench drive slots, brown leather carrying strap, Italy.
cag : no s/n
mfg. about 1944 – 1945

“Δ” : 1943 – 1945
no s/n
Originally black “Vulkanite” or black “rice” body covering, painted over with a thick white paint – Wintertarnung (winter camouflage) – now soiled and worn through handling, aluminum fittings, original black Bakelit (Bakelite) rear lens fittings are missing, left and right prism covers blank, no serial number or other visible markings, with Strichplatte (reticle), Germany
unknown : no s/n
mfg. about 19xx

unknown
This Dienstglas is light in weight, so it was probably made after 1939-1940. The bare metal under the paint is black in color, and it may be that the black body covering was either removed or was never applied. Mechanical and optical performance are smooth, and clean, and excellent. This Dienstglas is either a fake, or a witness and participant in an interesting story that may never be known. As Winston Churchill might say, here we have a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.