Ben Akiba Walking Stick Camera

Ben Akiba Walking Stick CameraExtremely 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,

Extremely 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, with the original lens, three film spools and the original cane. --- B- --- c.1903 --- 764 --- Äußerst seltene 'Spionage'-Kamera, die im Griff eines Herren-Gehstocks versteckt war. Der vernickelte Messingkörper produzierte zwanzig Bilder, 1,3x2,5cm auf Rollfilm. Emil Kronke patentierte seine Spazierstockkamera in Großbritannien (1902), Deutschland (1903) und den Vereinigten Staaten (1904). Sie wurde von A. Lehmann in Berlin hergestellt und als Ben Akiba Spazierstockkamera vermarktet. Fälschungen und Nachbauten solcher Kameras gibt es durchaus! --- Die Kamera ist in sehr gutem Originalzustand, mit dem Originalobjektiv, drei Filmspulen und dem Originalstock.