Unscrupulous sellers regularly buy plain wartime vintage IIIC's, probably to engrave them with Luftwaffe or other military engravings. The cameras illustrated on this page are so defaced. In 1996 Leica Camera separated from the Leica Group and became a publicly owned company. The upgraded cameras retained their original serial number. Both Leica IIIC and Leica cK cameras were.
These cameras were introduced in 1942 and are marked with a capital K after the serial number and on the. After the war MOST Luftwaffe cameras seem to have had their LUFTWAFFE engravings defaced - anything reminding people of the Nazi's was not especially popular. This are easily spotted as fakes if you know Leica - but a lot of unsuspecting folks thought they were the real thing. Over the last few years, the Russians have made a cottage industry out of fake Luftwaffe cameras with all kinds of bogus markings.ĭigital safe. It's been said that several thousand were made for the Luftwaffe, but about 10,000 are for sale! A good engraver can easily add the necessary inventory Fl Number, and 'Luftwaffen Eigentun' as well. A few have also shown up in Grey with a MOOLY motor. The large majority of such cameras are chrome IIIc's, although a few III's, IIIa's and IIIb's have also shown up. Leica German Luftwaffe WWII WWII German Luftwaffe Leica Among the rarest and most sought after Leicas are the Luftwaffe, cameras issued to the Nazi Air Force.
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