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In Reply to: Moscowphoto by Mika . . . posted by albee33 on November 19, 2003 at 17:21:44:
Those were popular in the USSR in the fifties, they were made under the name FED-1. FED, BTW, stands for Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky.What is the story with that writing? What's that model? Is this some new production?
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Is it a new production run? I was hoping you might know. It probably is as this one has Leica on it and not the Russian name. In fact, the one I bid on is one of the few that does NOT have the Nazi eagle and swastika on it. They sell a whole series of models such as Luftwaffe, Olympic, and Kriegsmarine. Pretty strange production run for a country that has no great love of that era of history. 8^)
This is falling outside the scope of this forum, I am afraid, but all Soviet made ones I had seen had the Russian FED-1 inscription. I have never seen the one like you bought - so I am curious where it is from, as I have not seen the Russians sign their products in foreign languages, except the export models, but those would still have the Russian model numbers, for instance it would be called Zenit (Russian for Zenith). This one is a mystery to me, but then I am not an expert, just had one and seen many. What did the seller say specifically - when and where it was made, and why the foreign inscription? Maybe Dmitry would be able to shed more light, as he is a younger fella, lived there after I left.
I'll say. With all due respoect, why don't you guys take this over to Shutterbug Strasse?
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