Ben Akiba Walking Stick Camera 35mm metal plate engraved 'EDISON D

metal plate engraved 'EDISON D

Nur etwa 700 Kameras kamen mit den Elmax-Objektiven heraus

frühe Bodenplatte in B- Zustand

possibly made by Meopta for the Secret Service - the only camera known to exist

--- B --- 1948 --- 5170 --- Frühe japanische Leica-Kopie der Nachkriegszeit

Ben Akiba Walking Stick Camera 35mm metal plate engraved 'EDISON DExtremely rare 'spy' camera hidden in the handle of a gentleman's walking stick. The nickel plated brass body produced twenty images, 1. 3x2. 5cm on roll film. Emil Kronke patented his cane handle camera in Britain (1902), Germany (1903) and the United States (1904). It was manufactured by A. Lehmann of Berlin and marketed as the Ben Akiba walking stick camera, fakes and replicas of such cameras do exist! The camera is in very fine original condition,