[Leica] leica box question

[Summicron1@aol.com]

i am sure some rabid leica collector on this list will know the answer to 
this:

I recently acquired an entire IIIf (red dial) outfit that included a Leica 
display case that I do not know what it was used to contain.

It is metal, red fake leather covered with "Leica" in script on the top. It 
is spring loaded hinged, with pinkish-silk and red felt insides and Leica and 
E. Leitz Inc. NY on the inside lid. The lid opens on the back long side. 

 Outside dimensions are 7 inches long, 4 inches wide  and 2 1/2 inches tall 
at the tallest. It has a space inset in the bottom of the inside for whatever 
it contained which is 5 1/8inches long and 2 1/2 inches wide and straight 
smooth sided -- no cutouts for camera knobs or whatever, and it is only 1/4 
inch deep, not deep enough for a lens or anything. The box is held closed 
with a snap that is attached to the top lid with a strip of leather. The top 
half of the box is rounded on the corners. 

In all, quite the expensive box. Very spiffy, made t contain something expens
ive which, it being Leitz, could mean the lens cap, but you know what I mean.

The space for the object it contained is too small for a Leica IIIf. Nothing 
else in the outfit (2 lenses, buncha other accessories) would seem to fit. 
Person I got ithe whole shebang from a little old lady who only drove it to 
church on sundays, (no kidding) and who had no idea, she hadn't looked at the 
outfit in years. If the box is the same age as everything else it would be 
dated 1953 or so, but she also had a leica dealer notebook that included 
information on the M3, so it could go as late as 1956 or 1957, certainly no 
later. After that she went back to using her Kodak pony.

Anyone?

Please respond off-line if you can -- I don't always remember to check the 
digest, but will try since I asked it a question.

thanks

charlie trentelman
ogden
utah
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