A Grey Leica IIIc "SS-Kriegsberichter " Rangefinder Camera

Serial No: 387742 (1941/42)

Body: G/VG - small vulcanite loss next to slow speed dial

Shutter: working

Lens: Leitz 50mm f/3.5 Nickel Elmar

Serial No: 146304 (1932/33)

Optics: G - some light internal haze

Notes: Extremely rare grey painted military camera, with rear top plate engraving "SS-KBA 134" ( SS Kriegsberichter- War Correspondent), Film advance winder also engraved 134, and the base plate also with defaced engraving internally. Similar SS-KBA engravings are illustrated in Lager Vol. I p.89. Only one such comparable example offered to market previously; Westlicht Lot 122. Auction 23. 25 May 2013.