Leica IIIc (possibly SS)

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katxan
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Leica IIIc (possibly SS)

Postby katxan » Wed Feb 05, 2014 6:52 am

Hello, I have a Leica IIIc 1941. According to family history, it belonged to an SS officer. I researched and cameras of the SS had no special badge. I thought that maybe you could know if this camera was made for the SS with the serial number.

Is it possible to know this information? And should have belonged to the SS, what value would reach for a collector? The camera works perfectly and has its original case. Thank you.

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John Kratz
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Re: Leica IIIc (possibly SS)

Postby John Kratz » Wed Feb 05, 2014 8:31 am

I cannot find anything that would indicate a camera made for the SS. Here is all I can find:

YEAR: 1941/42
MODEL: IIIc
STARTING S/N: 369451
ENDING S/N: 390000
BATCH: 20550

Since your S/N is closer to the ending number, I would say your camera was probably made in 1942, but that seems to be all I can ascertain based on your S/N. Searching for "SS" only seems to yield results for single-stroke cameras.
Have a look at some of the cameras in my collection:
http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/mycamprofile.php?uid=396


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