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Just scored a black barrel Hektor 13,5 cm on eBay. Serial number #644651 (1947?). Focusing scale in feet. Aperture range fr 4.5 to 32. I can't tell from the auction photos if it is coated or not, but I'll update when I get my paws on it.

(Edit: It's coated, and like LeicaTom's example below, it has flat black paint.)

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I just bought from an estate of a Brigadier General here in Florida
a Hektor f4.5 135mm *flat black paint barrel* (coated) serial no. 608332 (1946) - bought July 1947 in the US Army PX store Vienna, Austria
(I have original sales silp) cost: $40.50 with the original orange lens box and leather case

Here`s a photo of it on my beautiful "Half Race" 1946 IIIC stepper rewind with an equally interesting pre 1947 Leitz VIOOH finder which is also *flat black paint*
(I`ve been told Leitz had a shortage of gloss black paint during 1945 to 47 production runs)
 

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My Elmar 9cm is numbered 615370 (1946), and it's coated. Marked in meters and old f stops.

Curious thing is, the inside of the tube is penciled 5370 (I assume indicating that the head matches), and 90 4 57 PX, as far as I can tell. Also, the ring between the head is made of some sort of plastic, not brass like everyone else's seems to be. I'll get pictures if there's interest.
 
Arrived freshly from the other side of the pond:

Elmar 9cm, f/4-36, feet, serial #414454 (1937), the lens has got a purple-ish sheen to it, so I guess it's been coated at some point.
 
Leica III w/Elmar 9cm / FIKUS / ROSOL

Leica III w/Elmar 9cm / FIKUS / ROSOL

Here is my Black Elmar 9cm f4, coated, in feet, f4-f36, chrome distance ring.

SN: 355188
 

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I have a Black Barrel Hektor, 13.5 cm, serial 539628, it looks diffeent than all the pictures I've seen. so far. All the writing is on the outside of the barrel, nothing is inset. continental scale, in meters appears coated but I think it was sent back to the factory for coating. 539628 puts it at 1940. It is coupled as well. I also have the Hektor 7.3cm Black Barrel.
 
Pakmanpdx said:
I have a Black Barrel Hektor, 13.5 cm, serial 539628, it looks diffeent than all the pictures I've seen. so far. All the writing is on the outside of the barrel, nothing is inset. continental scale, in meters appears coated but I think it was sent back to the factory for coating. 539628 puts it at 1940. It is coupled as well. I also have the Hektor 7.3cm Black Barrel.
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Hi, Can you show us a picture?
 
Hi Walker,
Note sure if you are still collecting numbers but I just received an "impulse" purchase through the post.

My Elmar is 9cm, serial # 517457 (1939 model), focusing in meters, aperture range f/4-36 in the "other" scale (4, 4.5, 6.3, 9, 12.8, etc.)

Kim
 
Here's some info on a friends right now on ebay:
Focal Length - 9cm
Serial number - 615833
Focusing scale - meters
Aperture Range - f/4 - f/36
Elmar
Coated
 
Mike did me right!

Mike did me right!

"Here's some info on a friends right now on ebay:
Focal Length - 9cm
Serial number - 615833
Focusing scale - meters
Aperture Range - f/4 - f/36
Elmar
Coated"

Looks great! Shot it last night & will run film today at some point. Glad to see it stayed in the RFF family. Thanks again, Mike!
 
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