Serial no. 3722449

An unusual ("liberated"?) German version (see DoF dial & provenance below)

with Schneider-Kreuznach f3.5 Xenar lens with full helix focussing

and Compur shutter with speeds to 1/300 sec

made from 1937 to1939, the Schneider-Kreuznach serial no.1240142 dates the camera as 1937

 Kodak History lists the original 1937 price of the KODAK Duo 620 with Kodak Anastigmat lens as $57.50

(2009 equivalent $859 relative to CPI; $1950 relative to unskilled wage)

Kodak introduced 620 film in 1932 and discontinued it in 1995

Provenance:

(the camera seen on ebay)

My wife is very pleased that her late father's camera has gone to a good home. It could well have been a 'war trophy' as Pop was a major in the Royal Artillery and he went to France with his 25lb Howitzer troop on D-Day +1. He went all through France and on into Germany and then at the end of the war he was in charge of one of the teams who went into and liberated the prison and concentration camps. He never spoke to my wife or her sister about his wartime experiences and only told me a few things shortly before he died at age 65 in 1979. He did say that he 'liberated' a few things from the German guards and I wish that I could have found out more about his wartime exploits.

I hope that you enjoy the camera, it obviously has a history and, if it could speak, could, I am sure tell some tales.

Best wishes,
Richard & Betty Pugsley of Honiton, Devon