A Reid & Sigrist Ltd Reid IIIa Military Rangefinder Camera£1,300
20 May 2025 · Special Auction Services · lot 81 · Fine Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
Reid & Sigrist Reid IIIa Military
camera
The Reid & Sigrist Reid IIIa Military has 2 recorded sales: £1,300 (20 May 2025, Special Auction Services) and £1,000 (1 Jul 2015, Special Auction Services). That is too few for a typical price.
Recorded sales
Only 2 sales — too few for a typical price, so here they are.
A Reid & Sigrist Reid IIIa Military Rangefinder Camera£1,000
1 Jul 2015 · Special Auction Services · lot 977hammer ↗
+ lens
Sales only
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
What it is
The Reid IIIa Military is a British-made 35mm rangefinder camera produced by Reid & Sigrist, a Leitz-derived screw-mount design built in the United Kingdom during the post-war period. The Military variant was finished and equipped to service specifications, and today it sits among the more collectable British rangefinders.
Inspect the rangefinder for accurate vertical and horizontal alignment, check shutter speeds across the range for capping or tapering, and look closely at the top-plate and baseplate engravings, since military-marked examples command a premium and re-engraved or composite cameras do appear. Service support is specialist rather than mainstream, so factor repair access into any purchase.
Generated summary, 29 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Other Reids
Reid III
72 sales£925SolidReid I
10 sales£1,075FairReid IIIa
10 sales£1,200FairReid I Military
9 salesabout £1,100IndicativeReid II
3 salesabout £2,200IndicativeReid Ia
1 saleSales onlyReid I and la Military
0 salesNo sales yetReid III Military
0 salesNo sales yet
72 sales£925SolidReid I
10 sales£1,075FairReid IIIa
10 sales£1,200FairReid I Military
9 salesabout £1,100IndicativeReid II
3 salesabout £2,200IndicativeReid Ia
1 saleSales onlyReid I and la Military
0 salesNo sales yetReid III Military
0 salesNo sales yet
Questions
Why does the Military version carry a value premium?
Military-issued examples are scarcer than civilian Reid IIIa bodies and the service markings are sought after by collectors, which supports the higher price level seen at auction.
Facts
- Maker
- Reid & Sigrist
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 2
- First sale
- 1 Jul 2015
- Latest sale
- 20 May 2025
- Evidence
- Sales only
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Reid & Sigrist Reid IIIa Military: 2 recorded sales, 2015–2025; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 15 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/r/reid-sigrist/reid-iiia-military/