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Fontenelle archives 33 : a rare deerskin purse


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At some time around 1936, Leitz offered a deerskin purse for the RASAL folding frame viewfinder. This lovely object was coded RWBOO and is quite rare. The only Leitz identification is a printed logo - a little fainted and difficult to see on our photos - stamped on the inner part of the cover.

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At some time around 1936, Leitz offered a deerskin purse for the RASAL folding frame viewfinder. This lovely object was coded RWBOO and is quite rare. The only Leitz identification is a printed logo - a little fainted and difficult to see on our photos - stamped on the inner part of the cover.

 

And, as you will have discovered, I forgot (once again) to mention that at one time, I used my RWBOO to protect a SOOPD folding frame viewfinder displaying the same size as the RASAL.

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Clearly, in the 30s, deerskin was considered someway fashionable, at Leitz... :) I never saw that nice RWBOO, but have this deerskin ETTOX for a Hektor 7,3 cm of that age..

 

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Very nice indeed. Your Leitz logo's print mark is identical to mine, but much clearer.

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