AFAIK all authentic Luftwaffe cameras were painted gray and never had plating. It is easy to fake these cameras because what makes them special can be easily added to regular Leicas by adding engraving or paint.

If it is, the first thing to do is to check serial number against the official Leica serial list, which can be found here and there on the net, for example: There is several comprehensive ressources on the net when searching 'fake leica',maybe you'd probably already browsed trough, but for example: If any doubt subsists, of course you can post here images as attachement or link! Best regards, Raphael. Can you please help me out and give me an estimate of what these cameras are worth? THANK YOU SO MUCH!' Click to expand.Hi Darren Welcome to APUG, btw You didn't precised if it's a old Leica rangefinder or not, given the thread, I presume it's the case, and also as they are the most faked. A couple years ago I was offered $11,000 for this camera and I declined the offer since I just got the camera and I was too excited to give it up.

It was veriefied that it is an authentic Leica Luftwaffen camera. The camera is dark gray/greenish color over all. From what I know is that this camera was issued to the Nazi Air force, and this camera was used in WWII (only 6 films were run through the camera so it's in excellent condition). On the front of the lens it says Leitz Elmar f=5cm 1:35. On the back it says 'Luftwaffen Eigentun'. I have a Leica D.R.P Ernst Leitz Wetzlar Fl. Hello, I know a lot of people have asked questions about this similar camera but I am hoping someone can help me out with mine. All features have been tested and work properly. The camera body serial number: Nr.183820. On a real Leica with fake Luftwaffe engravings, check with Leica to make sure that camera. ** Serial numbers from Serial Numbers Leica Cameras with computed batch total. Variants - Vorlaufwerk - w/ self timer, Luftwaffe - German air force (gray), ELC. I have a leica luftwaffe eigentum and lens matching 100%. They were usually labeled with a K by the serial number. Leica Luftwaffe Serial Numbers Rating: 9,1/10 3061reviews