Ben Akiba Walking Stick Camera 35mm 5x9cm with different lens/shutter combination

5x9cm with different lens/shutter combination (one with plaque Periscope no

frühe Bodenplatte in B- Zustand

die vom Maison Dubroni in Paris für einige Jahre ab etwa 1864 hergestellt wurde

Nur etwa 700 Kameras kamen mit den Elmax-Objektiven heraus

possibly made by Meopta for the Secret Service - the only camera known to exist

Ben Akiba Walking Stick Camera 35mm 5x9cm with different lens/shutter combinationExtremely rare 'spy' camera hidden in the handle of a gentleman's walking stick. The nickel plated brass body produced twenty images, 1. 3x2. 5cm on roll film. Emil Kronke patented his cane handle camera in Britain (1902), Germany (1903) and the United States (1904). It was manufactured by A. Lehmann of Berlin and marketed as the Ben Akiba walking stick camera, fakes and replicas of such cameras do exist! The camera is in very fine original condition,