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Originally Posted by Ivar B
Several M3s were made in Canada, and there is nothing special about this. One can see that this is a Canadian M3 from the large M3 engraving prior to the serial number. This M3 is rarer than the Wetzlar M3 and prices are a somewhat higher. I have one of these in my own collection.
However, where the seller goes wrong is to describe this camera as extremely rare. 7080 M3s were made in Canada, and 215 944 in Wetzlar. The extremely rare Canadian M3 is with Canada engraving on the top plate, and the "common" Canadian M3 comes with the Wetzlar engraving, which is what we see for sale here. The quoted number of 200 bodies may be correct for the Canada engraving one. That one is listed as R8 (Exhibition Item) while the Canada production M3 is R6 (Very Rare).
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Really so, Ivar ? I didn't know ... but, thinking well, I've never seen a M3 with Canada engraving, apart the item depicted by Lager (who says only that weren't sold in US); I knew of the 190-only Canadian IIIf with Canada engraving, the rest being Wetzlar - engraved.
This makes even misleading the announcement, even if probably, for what You have said, there is no forgery on the top as I speculated... btw... in the ebay pics isn't clear if the top "5th" screw on the BM still has its Leitz "stamp"...