Vintage POUVA Start camera by Karl Pouva for Freital, Germany 1950s

The iconic POUVA Start 1 analog camera made by Karl Pouva, Freital Saxony in the GDR in the first half of the 1950s. The camera is top cleaned, unfortunately I have no way to test how it takes pictures. All mechanisms work, the elements do not seem worn and or damaged. Visually very good in our opinion, see pictures. It looks operational. The camera has an original leather case sold as a set. Specification: POUVA Start - the first model Manufacturer Karl Pouva, Freital Saxony GDR Production date: 1951 - 1955 Housing - bakelite, screw-on lens, folding viewfinder Film type: 120, 12 x 6 pictures lens duplex 1 : 8, screw-in Aperture: 2 settings SOUND - TRŰB (sunny - cloudy) Shutter: 2 settings ZEIT - TORQUE (approx. 130 s), Hole for screwing in the exhaust cable. Shutter release lock for long time. Distance range: fixed focus Folding viewfinder 1 mounting hole for tripod Dimensions : height 12 cm width 15 cm depth 7 cm Dimensions in inches : height 4.7 in width 5.9 in depth 2.8 in Karl Pouva AG was founded in 1939 by Karl Pouva in the Deuben district of Frietal (suburb of Dresden), Germany. Its first products were bakelite slide projectors produced from the 1950s to the 1980s. In 1972 the company became state-owned and merged with Woldemar Beier (Freital Camera Beier & Co.).