Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What does the MF stand for? what do the numbers stand for? ship? unit? inventory number? Stephen Gandy Marc James Small wrote: > At 07:18 AM 11/23/1999 -0800, Frank Fillipone wrote: > >> > > > >Marc and others.... the military Cantaxes I had were marked with the > >letters MF and 4 digits. Rather low key. > >Were these the Kriegsmarine versions? > > Not necessarily. The "MF" merely means that it was procured through the > Navy. ALL military Zeiss Ikon cameras ordered directly from the factory > bear this mark, even if they were later used by the Luftwaffe or Heer. (In > today's US military, similarly, the Army is responsible for buying all > light weapons, including those used by Air Force guards and Navy landing > parties, while the Navy orders the light boats the Army uses in riverine > operations and the Air Force orders the Army's helicopters.) > > Marc