Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gerd wrote: >Also common are Zorkis with a top plate showing a >"Leica" sign and a "Luftwaffe" engraving and other Nazi emblems. > ================================ My local dealer used to do trips over to the Eastern Bloc to buy photographica and returned once with a most amusing item and anecdote. A wartime 'Leica' was produced, described as a rarity due to the engraving which showed it had been the property of the German airforce. Unfortunately the forger responsible had not quite understood the word he had been searching for was 'Luftwaffe' not 'LUFTHANSA' ! Close, I suppose, in an amusing sort of way... Jem