Catalog entry revision

It is still disputed when or where the FED NKAP 'Red Flag' cameras were produced.
FED was given the Red Flag award on September 6th, 1945 (Source: JLP). At least some may have been assembled in Berdsk from January till September 1946, as the first series of FED cameras produced after WWII. According to Princelle, a passport for camera #201280 was issued in Berdsk on August 18th, 1946. In September 1946 FED returned from Berdsk to Kharkov. However, other sources report that the cameras were produced in 1948 when the FED factory resumed operations in Kharkov.

there seem to be no common features which can be found on all cameras. It appears that whatever parts available were used for assembly, resulting in a mix of Type d and e, f and in some cases even b and c features, but it remains unclear whether these are truly original. Fact is that FED equipment and staff were transfered from Berdsk to Krasnogorsk in late 1942. There were no left over parts to produce cameras in Berdsk, production in Berdsk was started from scratch. Some cameras deemed original show a distinct milling pattern on the wind and rewind knobs, a different stretched style of vulcanite pattern and a shutter cage made of brass.

Serial number range: 200.000 - 201.8xx

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