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236 Leica M3 olive Bundeseigentum First Batch %u20ac70.000*no. 910513, 1958, condition B/A %u20ac 140.000 %u2013 150.000Very rare early version olive paint Leica M3 %u2018Bundeswehr%u2019 from the first production batch, with long strap lugs anddouble stroke advance, in good, original condition and in perfect working order, with beautiful patina and small bubbles appearing in paint. Engraved %u2018Bundeseigentum 12-121-5418%u2019 on the top plate, with matching Elmar 3.5/5 cm no.1334328 engraved %u2018Bundeseigentum 12-121-5419%u2019. When the West German Army (Bundeswehr) was established after 1955, the Leica M cameras formed a large share of the photographic 35 mm cameras ordered for the troops. Rare versions are the Leica M3, M1 and later M4 models in the olive paint finish. Leica produced less than 300 M3 camerasin this finish. The offered example comes from%u00a0the earliestsmall batch delivered to the German army in January 1958 and is the 13th olive green M3 made!