Fed-Arsenal

Jacques, it is 100% made on Arsenal factory based on FED drawings so it belongs under Arsenal since it's made there. Just as Zorki belongs under KMZ.. It's under "Kiev Arsenal - Other." Kiev being the city not the camera.

Best regards,
Vlad

Right. And I had said that the "Kiev Arsenal" section was logical. For me, it's certainly more an affective question... And my Fed-Arsenal is amongst other exotic Fed 1, not with its fellows from Kiev!
We can compare with the Fed-KMZ cameras, but those ones had an illustrious lineage...

A question: does the serial number (00226) has a special signification for the Plant? It's the last found until now: could it be the last produced?

Amitiйs. Jacques.

A "new" Fed Arsenal has just appeared: the s/n 143, proposed by Wetzlar camera auction.
It belongs to the second series (without hammer and sickle). The lesns is an Industar 22 "Moskow", very early type with a Fed plate s/n 110390/109-7.
A photo from the seller:


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent2/7102023_158015920_1_x.webp

By our wiki, it's only the 12th (the 13th if we count the plate found by Alzo).

Amitiйs. Jacques.

Just sold for 13000Ђ...