Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/11

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Subject: [Leica] A REAL LEICA OR A COUNTERFIT?
From: leica at rcmckee.com (R. Clayton McKee)
Date: Sun Jan 11 08:18:58 2009
References: <C58EE385.48063%mark@rabinergroup.com>, <DDD411DD8BEC4BD887F198B49BBAB39C@D1S9FY41>
 
Wouldn't it also be more likely to be "Munchen" rather than "Munich" 
on top (if it had been on top, and if it had been a real Leica?)

I dunno; I just generally assume that if it's a theoretical war-time 
camera and it's in a price range I can even imagine paying, it's a 
copy....

Quoth the Seth Rosner :

> Right, Doug, but a double mistake; in 1936 it is unlikely that Leitz
> would have engraved anything on the topplate; if they had, it would have
> been the swastika, not an eagle.
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In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Creeped out)
Message from sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner) ([Leica] A REAL LEICA OR A COUNTERFIT?)