FED I "Fedka" black paint *

Very early FED in black paint finish with coeval FED 50 mm f/3.5 lens engraved with serial number 1542 and number 20. The lens flange on the body engraved with number 279. The baseplate with embossing "3 C-T". Only very few specimens of the black FED are known to exist today. We are aware of less than 10 cameras in collections worldwide. Literature: Hans P. Rajner, "Leica Copies", p. 320 and Oscar Fricke, "FED: Die sowjetische Leica, Vidom 26, p. 17ff. (show exactly the offered camera - but with a different lens); Jean Loup Princelle, „The authentic Guide to Russian and Soviet Cameras“, Second Edition, p. 93.