Kodak Matchbox Camera

Hammer Price
€2,160
incl. Buyer's Premium

Estimate
€2,000 – 2,400

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Condition

A/B

Manufacture Year

c.1942

Product number

AI_31_35065

Original matchbox spy camera by Kodak, anodized brass outer shell and a bakelite body, self-tensioning lamellary shutter 1/30, negative format 14x14mm on 16mm film in special cassettes. The lens is uncoated, probably a Triplet f/4.5 f=25mm. Extremely rare spy camera made by Eastman Kodak for the OSS (Office of Strategic Services - from 1942 to 1945 the military secret service of the USA).