Leica LTM Leica IIIC K - share info and questions

[Vince Lupo]

Please post some photos and we should be able to weigh in further.

Jim Lager would be the person to contact - he is one of the moderators on this Forum and should be able to help you.

 

[mynikonf2]

Hello, is there a way how to verify authenticity of a wartime Leica? 388968. Thank you, Bob

I own a chrome lllc that's very close to yours (#383818) from 1941-42, in fact your camera was produced in the same batch starting with #369451 & ending with #390000. I know of a lllc K from this batch of cameras with serial #389882, it is a gray paint & clearly labeled with a K after the serial #.

 

[gying162]

Leica IIIC stepper question

Leica IIIC stepper question

I have a IIIC stepper (388712) with a proper looking diopter lever except missing the knob. Has anyone seen it before?

 

[johannielscom]

wartime IIIc Leicas galore on eBay

wartime IIIc Leicas galore on eBay

A quick count reveals over 30 cameras on eBay currently that have a wartime serial number.

Gray paint cameras, Kügellager shuttered cameras, red curtain cameras, WH and Luftwaffen engraved cameras, and also a MOOLY and SCNOO for sale.

Seems many of the bringback cameras are found in cupboards of deceased servicemen these days and they are all posted on eBay? I do wonder how many are faked from a regular IIIc to be honest...

 

[alphonse2501]

389385K
Fl. No38079

The only one video about Luftwaffe IIIc K posted by a Chinese collector.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3R9Z2fYPaA

 

[Ginko]

Hello,

Nice to be back here after years away.
Well, I recently got a IIIc which appeared to be a K, stamped after the serial number.
It was a nice surprise but not knowing much about its history unfortunately, I can't tell if it is a real one.

J.

 

[alphonse2501]

Hello,

Nice to be back here after years away.
Well, I recently got a IIIc which appeared to be a K, stamped after the serial number.
It was a nice surprise but not knowing much about its history unfortunately, I can't tell if it is a real one.

J.

I can suggest you to send email to Leica Archive ([email protected]) to find out its delivery date (and possible destination, usually it didn't noted).

I can guess yours is pre-1943 by its chrome plated.

I got one that delivered on 14.07.1944. However, it was supposed in gray painted and got sandpapered, chromed, and recover with non Leitz vulcanite.

(Although I admit this vulcanite patterns is more grip than Leitz's.)

 

[enasniearth]

Hello,

Nice to be back here after years away.
Well, I recently got a IIIc which appeared to be a K, stamped after the serial number.
It was a nice surprise but not knowing much about its history unfortunately, I can't tell if it is a real one.

J.

Some of the early ones were chrome - before Leica started painting them grey
Could be original
Jim lager is the one to contact - he has
Good records