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This camera dates from the German occupation of the Baltic states before the advancing Red Army occupied Latvia.
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V. E. F., Riga, Latvia
A 13 x 8mm. Minox camera (casing locked) with stainless steel body, too-plate with focusing dial from 0.2m-, exposure counter, shutter release button and shutter speed T, B, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, a Minostigmat 15mm. f/3.5 lens, baseplate engraved VEF Minox Riga. Made in Latvia and front plate engraved WA506 with Nazi eagle insignia.
A 13 x 8mm. Minox camera (casing locked) with stainless steel body, too-plate with focusing dial from 0.2m-, exposure counter, shutter release button and shutter speed T, B, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, a Minostigmat 15mm. f/3.5 lens, baseplate engraved VEF Minox Riga. Made in Latvia and front plate engraved WA506 with Nazi eagle insignia.