fedengraving


	Engraving found on FED cameras 1934 to1955

		1 - 1934							3 - 1939
		1 - 1934			2 - 1935				3 - 1939

										FED NKVD-USSR Kharkov Kombinat named after F.E. Dzerzhinsky
			FED Labour Commune named after F.E. Dzerzhinsky Kharkov
			FED Labour Commune named after F.E. Dzerzhinsky Kharkov	FED Labour Commune NKVD-Ukr.SSR named after F.E. Dzerzhinsky Kharkov
									6 - 1953
		4 - 1946						5 - 1948	6 - 1953


		FED Factory named after F.E. Dzerzhinsky city of Kharkov								FED
		FED Factory named after F.E. Dzerzhinsky city of Kharkov					FED Factory named after F.E. Dzerzhinsky			FED
Variants

							1954
	1947/1948						1954
	1947/1948

						Engraving commemorating the reunion of Ukraine with Russia. This engraving, in red, is additional to the normal Type VI engraving. I understand that a literal translation of the engraving is 'together forever in Moscow'
	NKAP-USSR Awarded with the labour red banner order Factory named after F.E. Dzerzhinsky
	The FED logo and a serial number appear to the right of this (in front of the flash shoe). This engraving is found on a small number of cameras produced during 1947/48. NKAP stands for People's Commissariat for Aeronautics