Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] My M5 replacement.
From: "Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 13:18:50 -0500

> "Michael E. Bérubé" wrote:
>> 
>> Please, someone tell me why anyone who would own one of these jewels would
>> do this:
>> http://www.GoodPhotos.com/IIIcTopPlate.jpg
>
> Not being a LTM maven, let me ask a perhaps foolish question - is that
> where any Nazi related engraving might have been? If so, I can easily
> understand why someone would have done that...Assuming that they wanted
> the camera to use.
>
> B. D.
>

B.D.

Probably not Nazi because from the serial number (above 4xxxxxx) it is post
war. But it could have had an engraving for any number of countries
military. Which means somebody could have destroyed a potenially valuable
collectible.

Steve
Annapolis