b'37118118LEITZ: Leica Model R3 Gold [#1523989] black lizard skin covering, issued in 1979 to commemorate The 100th Anniversary of Oskar Barnacks birth with a facsimile of his signature and the dates engraved on top of the prism housing. Fitted with matching gold and black Summilux-R f4 50mm lens [#2932678]. As new in original box with felt lined timber presentation case, documents and certificate.Oskar Barnack the inventor of the Leica camera and Father of 35mm photography would have turned 100 in November of 1979. He built his first 35mm body in 1914 and it became the prototype for the worlds first commercially built 35mm cameras, the first Leica of 1925. . $3,0004,000119119LEITZ Canada: Leica M4-2 Gold Plated Special Edition [#1528598], 1979, limited edition of 1000 to commemorate the birth of Oskar Barnack, with black and gold plate Summilux f4 50mm lens [#2980853]. The camera numbered 100-0573 on top plate. Original box included. .$5,0007,500'