Engraving:
ФЭД НКВД - YССР Харьковский комбинат им. Ф.Э. Дзержинского
(FED NKVD-UkSSR Kharkov Combinat in the name of F.E. Dzerjinsky)
35 mm / coupled-rangefinder / Leica II copy
Lens : FED - 50 mm f.3.5
Factory : FED Labour Commune / Kharkov, USSR
It is the first model of FED-1 to have the "NKVD" engraving on the rangefinder housing as the F.E. Dzerjinskij Work Commune is now under the control of the "Ministry of the Interior". Many different versions of this type exist.
The first version of the FED-1'b' camera was made in spring of 1935. Characteristic features are: viewfinder frame is "notched"; lack of accessory shoe; square-shaped rangefinder cam (top interior of lens mount); circular plug on the back (to help adjustment of the measurement of the focal distance to film plane); eyepiece rings painted black. An example is camera #7377 owned by Bill Parkinson, shown in the images to the right.
Known serial numbers:
Serial Number / Lens Number / Owner-Seller / Remarks
# 852_______?______________________A.Nikitin___________ odd s/n
## 1032 _____ ? ___________________ Aidas ______________ odd s/n.
## 1126 _____ 46654 _ 28mm f/4.5_____ Jacques ____________ odd s/n.
## 2969 _____ ? ___________________ S.Berkowitz coll. _____ burnished finish
## 4580 _____ 38131 _______________ Jacques ____________ odd s/n.
## 5298 _____ 5977 ________________ Alexander K. ________ burnished finish
## 6368 _____ 23727/70 ____________ (Christian G. Niko80)
# 6505 ______6696 ________________ A.Nikitin
## 6921 _____ 505 _________________ Alexander K.
## 7122 _____ 844-122-662 _________ Jacques _____________ 1 turn lens
## 7373 _____ 152812-161 __________ Jacques
## 7377 _____ 98158 ______________ Bill Parkinson
## 8031 _____ ? __________________ A. Zilbert
#8100____ 8199 __________________A.Nikitin
## 8550 _____ ? __________________ Aidas
## 8528 _____ 8999 _______________ Jacques ____________ 1/2 turn lens
## 8537 _____ 7188 _______________ A. Nikitin
## 8656 _____ ? __________________ Alexander K.
## 9026 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay
# 9257 ____ 9510 ________________ A.Nikitin
## 9310 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay
## 9517 _____ ? __________________ Aidas
# 10020 _____ 10328 ______________ Jacques
# 10558 _____ 1082/331 ___________ A. Komarov
# 10875 _____ 10631/123 __________ (Christian G. Niko80)
# 11819 _____ ? __________________ Aidas
# 12272 _____12936 ______________A.Nikitin
# 12840 _____ 077995/6425 ________ Jacques
# 12906 ____ 12970 _______________A.Nikitin
# 13247 _____ ? __________________ Aidas ______________ smoother vulcanite
# 14290 ___ 14680 ________________A.Nikitin
# 14722 _____ ? __________________ Alexander K.
# 15872 _____ ? __________________ seen on Molotok
# 16168 _____ ? __________________ A. Nikitin
# 16270 _____ 16978 ______________ Jacques
# 16317 _____ ? __________________ DVD
# 16766 _____ 17338/19 ___________ A. Komarov
# 17356 _____ 20261 ______________ A. Komarov
# 17448 ____ 17736 _______________ A.Nikitin
# 18491 _____ ? __________________ Aidas
# 18771 _____ 1162 _______________ Alexander K.
# 19250 ___ 20256 / 76 ____________ A.Nikitin
# 19699 _____ ? __________________ private coll.
# 20251 _____ 1-16 _______________ Jacques
# 22362 _____? __________________ A.Nikitin
# 22561 _____ ? __________________ Aidas
# 21225 _____ 21557/41 ___________ Jacques
# 23021 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay
# 23161 _____ 90425/610 __________ A. Komarov
# 24548 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay
# 25617 _____ 27227 ______________ Jacques
# 26234 _____ ? __________________ A. Komarov
# 27813 _____ 2314 _______________ seen on flickr __________ with body type FED'd'
# 29299 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay __________ with body type FED'd'
# 32003 _____ ? __________________ Aidas
# 34270 _____ 37625/110 __________ Jacques
# 35020 _____ 39293/54 ___________ A. Komarov
# 35509 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay
# 36618 _____ 50139/38 ___________ geoffox23
# 38501 _____ 43115/35 ___________ A. Komarov
# 39384 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay ____________ engraving on top plate in red
# 39641 _____ ? __________________ Alexander K.
# 40071 ____44812/33 _____________ A.Nikitin
# 40615 _____ ? __________________ seen online
# 44727 _____ ? __________________ Allegro
# 46012 _____ 93040/54 ___________ A. Komarov
# 46766 ____49255/432 ____________ A.Nikitin
# 47016 _____ ? __________________ Aidas
# 47042 _____ 69136 ______________ Jacques
# 47994 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay
# 50370 _____ ? __________________ Aidas
# 51287 _____ 51xxx ______________ Jacques
# 51294 _____ ? __________________ Vyacheslav K.
# 53713 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay
# 54223 _____ 58982 ______________ Jacques
Without s/n:
# c. 30000 ____ 317977 ___________ Jacques ________ last 1g cover