At 01:18 PM 1/14/2011, Dan Daniel wrote: >Body: 1101075 >Viewing: Nr. 819302 Heidoscop-Anastigmat 1:2.8 f=8cm >Taking: Nr. 2448307 Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 1:2.8 f=8cm T[in red] > >The barrels of the taking lenses are stamped 448307; there is no '2' at >the beginning.It was standard Carl Zeiss Jena practice from around 1930 up to the 1950's to engrave a truncated serial number on the rear lens cell. This is quite handy when working with early Soviet lenses for the Kiev RF, as we can readily identify badge-engineered Zeiss lenses, such as my 2/8.5cm Jupiter 9.
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