Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:42 PM 7/4/2007, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > >My Leica IIIc had a serial number below the 300,xxx range, indicating >it was made about 1940 or so. Not prewar for Germany, but prewar for >the US. But I bought it in 1950 from Claus Gelotte in Cambridge, MA. >So it was certainly postwar for the US, Germany, and me. The markings >were in German and it had the 1 cm baseplate tripod socket so I guess >it was "liberated" by some returning serviceman. Interesting. The first IIIc was 360101. Yours must have been some sort of ur-camera, the mythical missing versuchs-IIIc! <he grins> It's a shame you no longer have the camera, as it would be a big hit at Stan Tamarkin's next auction. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!