Leica IIIC K - share info and questions

[Vince Lupo]

Please post some photos and we should be able to weigh in further.

Jim Lager would be the person to contact - he is one of the moderators on this Forum and should be able to help you.

 

[mynikonf2]

Hello, is there a way how to verify authenticity of a wartime Leica? 388968. Thank you, Bob

I own a chrome lllc that's very close to yours (#383818) from 1941-42, in fact your camera was produced in the same batch starting with #369451 & ending with #390000. I know of a lllc K from this batch of cameras with serial #389882, it is a gray paint & clearly labeled with a K after the serial #.

 

[gying162]

Leica IIIC stepper question

Leica IIIC stepper question

I have a IIIC stepper (388712) with a proper looking diopter lever except missing the knob. Has anyone seen it before?

 

[johannielscom]

wartime IIIc Leicas galore on eBay

wartime IIIc Leicas galore on eBay

A quick count reveals over 30 cameras on eBay currently that have a wartime serial number.

Gray paint cameras, Kügellager shuttered cameras, red curtain cameras, WH and Luftwaffen engraved cameras, and also a MOOLY and SCNOO for sale.

Seems many of the bringback cameras are found in cupboards of deceased servicemen these days and they are all posted on eBay? I do wonder how many are faked from a regular IIIc to be honest...

 

[alphonse2501]

389385K
Fl. No38079

The only one video about Luftwaffe IIIc K posted by a Chinese collector.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3R9Z2fYPaA

 

[Ginko]

Hello,

Nice to be back here after years away.
Well, I recently got a IIIc which appeared to be a K, stamped after the serial number.
It was a nice surprise but not knowing much about its history unfortunately, I can't tell if it is a real one.

J.

 

[alphonse2501]

Hello,

Nice to be back here after years away.
Well, I recently got a IIIc which appeared to be a K, stamped after the serial number.
It was a nice surprise but not knowing much about its history unfortunately, I can't tell if it is a real one.

J.

I can suggest you to send email to Leica Archive (info@leica-camera.com) to find out its delivery date (and possible destination, usually it didn't noted).

I can guess yours is pre-1943 by its chrome plated.

I got one that delivered on 14.07.1944. However, it was supposed in gray painted and got sandpapered, chromed, and recover with non Leitz vulcanite.

(Although I admit this vulcanite patterns is more grip than Leitz's.)

 

[enasniearth]

Hello,

Nice to be back here after years away.
Well, I recently got a IIIc which appeared to be a K, stamped after the serial number.
It was a nice surprise but not knowing much about its history unfortunately, I can't tell if it is a real one.

J.

Some of the early ones were chrome - before Leica started painting them grey
Could be original
Jim lager is the one to contact - he has
Good records

 

[Plu]

Hi Ginko,

Here you have a close relative to your camera. Verified by Leica and Jim Lager. They are apparently very rare! This one found in Sweden where it ended up in mysterious ways. Delivered to Berlin sept -42.

 

[Photar]

I recently got a IIIc which appeared to be a K, stamped after the serial number.
It was a nice surprise but not knowing much about its history unfortunately, I can't tell if it is a real one.

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