lars_bergquist Posted August 29, 2009 Share #1 Posted August 29, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) There are a number of early 1940's Leica Summitar lenses around with an extra number prefixed with "Re." Does anybody know what this means? There may be indications that it means (illogically perhaps) the Reichssicherheitshauptamt, a.k.a. Gestapo, but I have seen nothing authoritative. The old man who heard Adolf live on the radio Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pecole Posted August 30, 2009 Share #2 Posted August 30, 2009 There are a number of early 1940's Leica Summitar lenses around with an extra number prefixed with "Re." Does anybody know what this means? There may be indications that it means (illogically perhaps) the Reichssicherheitshauptamt, a.k.a. Gestapo, but I have seen nothing authoritative. The old man who heard Adolf live on the radio Hi, Lars Here are pictures (general + detail) of a MOOLY c-K engraved "Re.371104". Sorry for the low quality, but I only retrieved a "scratched" negative. This piece went briefly through my Fontenelle Collection in the mid-eighties, and I couldn't resist a golden offer by an Italian collector. As for the meaning of the special engraving, I have always been - and still am perplexed. I do not remember having seen any explanation for it. Let's hope someone who knows will see this thread and provide us with the solution. Pierre Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted August 30, 2009 Share #3 Posted August 30, 2009 Lager displays some items with the Re. xxxxxx engraving in items of the 40's ... he generally describes it as a Government/Military engraving, which is the natural explanation ("Reichsomething... maybe better not to remember some Government Agencies which surely had to take records of some poor people). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share #4 Posted August 31, 2009 Exactly my thinking Luigi (those would be lenses out of Hell) but it would be satisfying to know. Laney does also show a Summitar with a Re number, but he has mislabeled it as a collapsible Summicron! Never believe what you read in Leica books until you have double-checked it. Lars Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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