This is a very rare Leica III A “Monte en Sarre” camera since the serial number is not from the batch of 359001 – 359500 as it “should” be according to the Lager book for these cameras,since it has got serial number : 359997. According to the record of Leica in the batch from serial number : 358651 till 360000 there are no cameras made !! In the period from 1949-1951 about 500 Leica III A cameras were assembled at St. Ingbert in French occupied zone of Germany by the Saroptico company. These cameras carried the engraving "Monte en Sarre" (assembled in Sarre) beneath the word "Germany" on the-plate. In this way they avoided the high tariff imposed on foreign cameras imported into France. They were all sold in France or the French colonies. Later examples had a film speed reminder in the wind-on knob as introduced on the Leica IIIf in 1950. Some also have IIIf-type synchronization, although this may have been fitted later as a conversion.
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