Zeiss Ikon Folder Serial Number with a Star (01)

            Recently i bought a Zeiss Ikon Ikonta 521/16 (6x6 format) and noticed that there was a 5 pointed star (also called asterisk) behind the serial number on the body (see red arrow).

I have read about that Star before but this was the first time i actually saw it on a camera.

Mr. Bernd K.Otto writes about that Star in part 2 of his article "Die Entwicklung der Ikonta/Super Ikonta".

You can find that Star on folders (yes, only on folders) which were produced by Zeiss Ikon in Stuttgart (Contessa Werk) in the first years (1945 to 1949) after the second world war AND were partly made of parts from pre May 1945 production which were still lying in storage.

btw The serial number starts with an "O" . this indicates the production of the body somewhere between the years 1943 and 1945. However its Tessar lens has a red T on the name ring, indicating a lens with (early) coating. Coated lenses on cameras for the public appeared after WW2.

Taken on: March 15, 2015

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Sets appears in: • Zeiss Ikon Ikonta B 521/16 Notes • Camera-Wiki images

Groups appears in: • Folding medium format cameras • Camera-wiki.org

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