Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:48 AM 12/15/1999 -0800, Arthur Leyenberger wrote: >OK, I know I should know this, but I don't - yet. >What does "DBP" on the top plate of my M3 stand for? Deutsches Bundes Patent = German Federal Patent Earlier Leicas had "DRP" for "Deutsches Reiches Patent", the term used from 1871 until 1949. (Reich is a hard word to translate: it is cognate with English "reach" and means something along the lines of "territory" or "zone of governmental control", though it is generally transated as "Empire".) Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!