Ben Akiba Walking Stick Camera nachschub202204 a maker's box

a maker's box

--- Near mint and very rare rigid Summicron SOSTA with clean lenses (no scratches

mit dem Originalobjektiv

--- A- --- 1969 --- 2345088 --- Schwarze Version des 5 Linsers in neuwertigem Zustand mit perfekten Gläsern

402786 (saubere Linsen)

Ben Akiba Walking Stick Camera nachschub202204 a maker's boxExtremely 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,