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 ________________ A.Nikitin ____________ 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
## 8241 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay
## 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
## 9972 _____ ? __________________ retinarescue.com
# 10020 _____ 10328 ______________ Jacques
# 10558 _____ 1082/331 ___________ A. Komarov
# 10875 _____ 10631/123 __________ Christian G. (Niko80)
# 11819 _____ ? __________________ Aidas
# 12272 _____ 12936 ______________ A.Nikitin
# 12807 _____ 12790 ______________ A.Nikitin ______________ smoother vulcanite
# 12840 _____ 077995/6425 ________ Jacques
# 12906 _____ 12970 ______________ A.Nikitin
# 13247 _____ ? __________________ Aidas ________________ smoother vulcanite
# 13880 _____ ? __________________ seen on Molotok
# 14290 _____ 14680 ______________ A.Nikitin
# 14722 _____ ? __________________ Alexander K.
# 14765 _____ ? __________________ Leicashop
# 14952 _____ 15458/266 __________ seen on ebay
# 15872 _____ ? __________________ seen on Molotok
# 16026 _____ 4774 _______________ seen on ebay
# 16168 _____ ? __________________ A. Nikitin
# 16270 _____ 16978 ______________ Jacques
# 16317 _____ ? __________________ DVD
# 16766 _____ 17338/19 ___________ A. Komarov
# 17356 _____ 20261 ______________ A. Komarov
# 17448 _____ 17736 ______________ A.Nikitin
# 18252 _____ 13016 ______________ seen on Molotok
# 18491 _____ ? __________________ Aidas
# 18689 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay
# 18771 _____ 1162 _______________ Alexander K.
# 19250 _____ 20256 / 76 ___________ A.Nikitin
# 19699 _____ ? __________________ private coll.
# 20111 _____ ? __________________ seen on eBay
# 20251 _____ 1-16 _______________ Jacques
# 21167 _____ 9439 _______________ seen on ebay
# 21225 _____ 21557/41 ___________ Jacques
# 21831 _____ 109710 post-war ____ seen on ebay
# 22362 _____ ? __________________ A.Nikitin
# 22561 _____ ? __________________ Aidas
# 22935 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay __________ black leather
# 23021 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay
# 23161 _____ 90425/610 __________ A. Komarov
# 24548 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay
# 24637 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay __________ with post-war lens
# 25617 _____ 27227 ______________ Jacques
# 26234 _____ ? __________________ A. Komarov
# 27183 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay
# 27766 _____ ? __________________ seen on Molotok
# 27813 _____ 2314 _______________ seen on flickr __________ with body type FED'd'
# 29299 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay __________ with body type FED'd'
# 31580 _____ ? __________________ napchop - Mike Haley
# 32003 _____ ? __________________ Aidas
# 34270 _____ 37625/110 __________ Jacques
# 35020 _____ 39293/54 ___________ A. Komarov
# 35509 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay
# 36394 _____ 500073 ___________ leicashop
# 36618 _____ 38188/48 ___________ geoffox23
# 37046 _____ ? __________________ seen on Molotok
# 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
# 45104 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay
# 45338 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay
# 46012 _____ 93040/54 ___________ A. Komarov
# 46086 _____ 90238 ______________ seen on ebay
# 46766 _____ 49255/432 __________ A.Nikitin
# 47016 _____ ? __________________ Aidas
# 47042 _____ 69136 ______________ Jacques
# 47994 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay
# 48251 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay
# 48652 _____ 54279 ______________ seen on ebay
# 50370 _____ ? __________________ Aidas
# 50797 _____ 22816 _ 50mm f/2 ____ napchop - Mike Haley ____ with body type FED'd'
# 51287 _____ 51xxx ______________ Jacques
# 51294 _____ ? __________________ Vyacheslav K.
# 51307 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay
# 53700 _____ 52580/470 __________ A.Nikitin
# 53713 _____ ? __________________ seen on ebay
# 54223 _____ 58982 ______________ Jacques
Without s/n:
# c. 30000 ____ 317977 ___________ Jacques _______________ last 1g cover