Ben Akiba Walking Stick Camera 35mm film spools

film spools

--- In near mint condition for SWC

teakwood body

--- Near mint lens with perfect clean optics in working Compound shutter

one of the smallest 35mm cameras produced

Ben Akiba Walking Stick Camera 35mm film spoolsExtremely rare 'spy' camera hidden in the handle of a gentleman's walking stick. The nickel plated brass body produced twenty images, 1. 3x2. 5cm on roll film. Emil Kronke patented his cane handle camera in Britain (1902), Germany (1903) and the United States (1904). It was manufactured by A. Lehmann of Berlin and marketed as the Ben Akiba walking stick camera, fakes and replicas of such cameras do exist! The camera is in very fine original condition,