D.r.p, D.b.p?

[Yvon]

I just realised that some of the IIIF are DBP but mine is DRP
According to the information on the website, mine should be produced in 1951 as the number on the body is 540113
http://www.cameraquest.com/ltmnum.htm
But I remembered I saw somewhere states that DRP was the engraving before WWII ?

 

[Vince Lupo]

Deutsches Reich Patent - or German Kingdom Patent, if my German serves me correctly.
DBP is Deutsches Bundes Patent - or German Federal Patent.

And don't forget GmbH, which is basically 'Company Limited'.

 

[Bill Snell]

Just to make thing a little more complicated I have a iiia from 1936 which bears the dbp mark. The previous owner bought it from a shop in Germany while on holiday in the 1970's. He noticed that someone had tried to remove the serial no. and not wishing to get caught with stolen goods when leaving he sent it to the Leica factory for an overhaul. The rangefinder cover was replaced but the original serial No.193xxx retained!! I also have a iiif rd which is marked drp. serial No.626xxx (1952/3)

 

[Yvon]

Pre-War and Post-War D.R.P was engraved up until Leica camera Serial No. 615000.
From Serial No. 615001 the engraving was D.B.P.

The only exception to this was that for some unknown reason some,but not all, Leica IIf's and Leica IIIf's made in 1952/53 still had the D.R.P engraving but nobody seems to know why.

thanks, do you know their serial munbers?🙂

 

[Bill Snell]

Thought a pic would be in order.

 

[Yvon]

Thought a pic would be in order.

interesting🙂

 

[MISH]

my new (to me) IIIf RD ST came in the mail yesterday (thanks RFF classifieds) and I looked up this tread when I noticed the engraving was different than my other IIIf RD. here is the picture of the two cameras. The camera on the left was built in 1952-53. The self timer camera on the right was built in 1955.