German matchbox camera

Details

German matchbox camera
18 x 10mm., brass-body, the exterior (? re-painted) in blue and yellow, sports finder, focusing scale 2, 1, 0.5, sliding stops marked 6.3, 11 and a Carl Zeiss, Jena Tessar f/2.7 2.5cm. lens no. 784950, in a leather purse

Literature

Michel Auer (1989), 150 Years of Cameras, no. 119.
William White (1990), Subminiature Photography, p. 130-131.

Further details

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Lot Essay

A similar lot was sold in 'Spy', Subminiature and Detective Cameras, 9 December 1991, lot 237 with the lens number 873897. Auer (no. 119) illustrated a camera with the lens number 755373 and dates the camera to c.1939. White describes the camera in detail.

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