67 - Arsenal | Kiev-Contax 1947

Arsenal | Kiev-Contax 1947 Estimate: €4,000–5,000 Year: 1947 Serial No.: 47210 Condition: B English: First-year production Kiev II, manufactured in 1947, representing the very beginning of Soviet Contax-type camera production following the transfer of German Zeiss Ikon technology and manufacturing equipment to the Soviet Union after World War II. Fitted with the period-correct ZK (Sonnar-type) 2/5 cm lens, no. 000258, engraved '19–47' (with cap). A closely related Kiev II, no. 47275, is documented with a ZK lens no. 000255, only three numbers apart from the lens on this camera. Preserved in attractive original condition, with a working shutter. German: A Kiev II from the first year of production, 1947, which documents the beginning of Soviet Contax camera production following the transfer of German Zeiss-Ikon technology and production facilities to the Soviet Union after World War II. It comes with a matching ZK lens (Sonnar type) 2/5 cm No. 000258, engraved “19–47” (with cap). A closely related Kiev II No. 47275 is documented with ZK No. 000255—just three numbers apart. Attractive original condition with a functioning shutter.