O.P.L. Machine Gun Camera

Hammer Price
€1,800
incl. Buyer's Premium

Estimate
€2,800 – 3,500

This item is subject to margin scheme taxation and the premium is 24% if it remains in the EU. For shipments to a third country (outside the EU), the premium is 20%.

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serial number

2683

Condition

Manufacture Year

1923

Product number

AI_15_18457

boxed first model of the French streamline aerial camera called ‘La mitrailleuse photographique’ made by 'Optique et Précision de Levallois', a well known maker of surveying instruments located near Paris, the all-metal camera is complete in great original condition, it comes in the original fitted wooden box together with the original cable release which was mounted inside the pilots cabin, a set of mounting parts and tools and an additional film holder, in the lid of the box a handwritten inventory. The ’mitrailleuse photographique’ was used for training purposes by the French Air Force in combination with a Lewis machine gun. The 1927 model of the camera had an built in Chronograph, by the end of WII both models were produced under the label FOCA. A beautiful and highly collectible camera!