Do you believe this?

[haempe]

Hi,

I was thinking of commandeered stuff mostly. In the UK we had a system of grading and issuing captured stuff. It happened with binoculars in the Great War, as I said, and was/is very useful if you find one in a flea market. (Mostly it happened because the British Army decided to re-equip with the new Zeiss bin's and then decided to go to war with their homeland. Bad timing etc by the politicians, as usual.)

So I wondered if there was a similar scheme for captured stuff elsewhere. That could explain the odd marks and - bitter experience in other fields shows - people never do enough research. Odd really, it's fairly easy, if expensive, to get your hands on the original papers and so on from the official archives.

Regards, David

Yes, the german army brought captured equipment back into own use. But they had enormous claims in the avalaible amount, because of the high effort in typing, refurbishing/repairing/rebuilding to german standards, creating manuals and service regulations, provision of spare parts etc... I don't think, they captured enough of this cameras, to justify this effort. Equipment from this category was usually given to the allies ...
I think, we go a bit off topic here, however, you can send me an PM, if you like to discuss this further ...
Best regards,

 

[LeicaTom]

Vintage Leica, Nikon or Canon........leave it up to the buyer, we'll see that even the BOGUS camera the OP originally posted about even brings a crazy price! :/

Tom

 

[David Hughes]

This thread gets better and better.

Since we are talking in both general terms and specific I wondered if I might throw this into the pot and stir it a little; just in case people come across other "wrong" cameras with the "right" markings from that period...

In case it's not too clear it's dated 14th July 1943. It also says " ... prompt cash - you will get an amount now which will buy more, after the war, than the camera you sell... ". I guess a lot of people got a shock later on.

Regards, David

 

[awbphotog]

The part in the ad that says "You can hear him humming." Creepy.

 

[batterytypehah!]

The part in the ad that says "You can hear him humming." Creepy.

That's not creepy, that's simply poor English. "Him" is the shutter (masculine in German).

 

[alphonse2501]

This bidding ends at US $787.77 by 31 bids.
Even my recently bidded IIIc No.395xxx did not meet that half of price.