Camera used to take iconic Times Square kiss picture at the end of World War Two goes up for auction
The camera that took one of the most iconic pictures of the 20th century is going up for auction.
The Leica IIIa rangefinder which Alfred Eisenstaedt used to photograph a sailor kissing a mystery nurse to celebrate Japan's surrender at the end of the Second World War is expected to fetch more than £20,000.
Ironically, the device which captured the jubilation of the Allied victory was made in Germany a decade earlier.
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