The camera from the estate of German collector Willi Thurau has a very interesting history according to the expertise and research in the Leitz archive by Ottmar Michaely: The original Ic Non Standard Luxus no.48417 with Elmar 3.5/50mm was converted in November 1932 in a Leica II Mod.D and later in 1961 in Leica II syn. The original parts of the Mod.C from 1930 including top plate, base plate and other parts were kept in the factory and used to built-up the offered camera. It comes with green reptile leather covering, Elmar 3.5/50mm engraved '417' on the barrel, gold plated lens cap, gold plated FODIS rangefinder, in fine and perfect working condition - with expertise by Ottmar Michaely from July 2007
The camera from the estate of German collector Willi Thurau has a very interesting history according to the expertise and research in the Leitz archive by Ottmar Michaely: The original Ic Non Standard Luxus no.48417 with Elmar 3.5/50mm was converted in November 1932 in a Leica II Mod.D and later in 1961 in Leica II syn. The original parts of the Mod.C from 1930 including top plate, base plate and other parts were kept in the factory and used to built-up the offered camera. It comes with green reptile leather covering, Elmar 3.5/50mm engraved '417' on the barrel, gold plated lens cap, gold plated FODIS rangefinder, in fine and perfect working condition - with expertise by Ottmar Michaely from July 2007
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