German Daggers of World War Two

德軍山岳獵兵雪地用護目眼罩,其特色為用來檔光的鋁合金製罩杯上,三條透光細縫.

MOUNTAIN TROOPER'S SNOW GOGGLES
During WWII the German army fielded nine Mountain Divisions with an additional six Waffen-SS Mountain Divisions. Generally speaking the Mountain Divisions were specially trained and equipped Infantry Divisions. Due to the nature of the terrain and the commonly colder climate that the Mountain Divisions were expected to serve in, special clothing, footwear and equipment was developed specifically for their use. Primarily the special equipment developed for the Mountain personnel consisted of winter warfare and mountain climbing related items, and included, skis, ski accessories, crampons, pitons, ice pick axes, snowshoes, rucksacks, and assorted goggles including snow goggles.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Tooled and stamped, natural aluminum and tan leather construction snow goggles feature horizontally oval frames and "lenses" with handstitched tan leather eye sockets and a horizontal, elastic, nose bridge. The goggles "lenses" consist of a small, cut-out vertical slash near the nose bridge a central horizontal cut-out slash flanked by two diagonally angled cut-out slashes. The tan leather eye sockets have an internal padding and are fully intact. Both the top and bottom edges of the frames have dual, "U" shaped ventilation cut-outs. The interior of the frames and "lenses", are painted in flat matte black paint designed to reduce glare. The goggles have a greyish/tan elastic headband handstitched to each side with a sliding alloy fit adjustment buckle and an alloy retaining clip. The goggles are in overall good condition with some light surface scratching and a couple of small dents to the "lenses". The elastic nose bridge and headband are still fairly taunt. The goggles have no visible manufacturing marks.