Ben Akiba Walking Stick Camera 35mm --- B --- 1948 ---

--- B --- 1948 --- 5170 --- Frühe japanische Leica-Kopie der Nachkriegszeit

Nur etwa 700 Kameras kamen mit den Elmax-Objektiven heraus

lederbezogenes Holzgehäuse mit hölzernem Objektivbrett und Bett

Chrom Leitz 21mm Sucher mit sauberen Linsen

metal plate engraved 'EDISON D

Ben Akiba Walking Stick Camera 35mm --- B --- 1948 ---Extremely rare 'spy' camera hidden in the handle of a gentleman's walking stick. The nickel plated brass body produced twenty images, 1. 3x2. 5cm on roll film. Emil Kronke patented his cane handle camera in Britain (1902), Germany (1903) and the United States (1904). It was manufactured by A. Lehmann of Berlin and marketed as the Ben Akiba walking stick camera, fakes and replicas of such cameras do exist! The camera is in very fine original condition,