interesting M7 "Test Camera" ?

[frame-it]

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saw this at a shop today

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[luigi bertolotti]

I think there are several for some counrties.. here ìs one for Italy...

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In my personal opinion... something more (10% ?) than a comparable standard can be reasonable... I don't expect they become a special collectible... of course to have all the flags can be a nice set ... 😁 . 554 items is reported, of which Korea and Brasil ought to be the scarcest ones : http://www.wetzlar-historica-italia.it/M7.html

Edited September 24, 2021 by luigi bertolotti

[earleygallery]

I've seen loads of these on ebay, various flags. I don't think they are worth any premium unless you want something 'different'.

[M9reno]

Is there a Colombian one?

[Al Brown]

There is a France one for sure. Available not so long ago.

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1 hour ago, M9reno said:

Is there a Colombian one?

If Columbia had a Leica dealer at the time the M7 was launched there should be a couple around somewhere, they were in-store demo cameras that couldn't officially be sold to the public at the time.

[willeica]

These are relatively common and the premium paid would normally be low. They are usually called ' Flag Cameras' and they have been discussed here a few times before. Unless there is an Irish one, I'm not interested. My Irish engraved II Model D from April 1932 (confirmed with the Leica Archives) does me just fine. 

William 

[Anbaric]

Why, I wonder, was 'test camera' (and the name of the country) always printed in English? A cynic might imagine they were targeting an English-speaking collector market all along.