Original Japanese WWII Naval Aviation Type 99 Small Aerial Camera by Konishiroku of Tokyo in Case - Serial 863 U.S. Navy but after the start of

but after the start of WWII and the defeat of France

Few firearms from this early period survive today

The left side shows much less oxidation

as sometimes there were no decals available

It shows age and deterioration

Original Japanese WWII Naval Aviation Type 99 Small Aerial Camera by Konishiroku of Tokyo in Case - Serial 863 U.S. Navy but after the start ofOriginal Item. Only One Available. The Type 99 Handheld Aerial Camera (15cm) () was produced for the Japanese Navy by Rokuoh sha (and later Konishiroku) and by Fuji Shashin Film. As was usual practice with the Japanese military ordnance of the time, the name "type 99" stands for year 2599 in the Japanese imperial calendar, i. e. 1939. A recent Japanese source says that the introduction of the camera was plagued with reliability problems, and it only