C.Plath Kriegsmarine trommel sextant
German trommel or drum sextant marked Kriegsmarine.
Obtained from the Netherlands
Product details: C.Plath Kriegsmarine trommel sextant | C. Plath | Sextant | | Material: Brass
This is one of those instruments that makes me feel awkward. From an instrument perspective it is a relevant instrument and as it has been used as the basis for one of the two mainstay Soviet sextants I will keep it. However, at the same time the markings constantly remind you of why it was produced. Yes, this is an original WWII German Kriegsmarine sextant numberd M4894. It is one of two models produced, this is the simpler (read cheaper) version with the W shaped frame rather than the more famous ladder pattern by Plath.
The instrument is without its original box and has been like that since the end of WWII. I obtained this from the son of the Dutch man who took it at the end of the war from a prisoner of war camp as war booty, or at least that is how the story was told. As a result it has hardly been used. Though the certificate is also not there (as it usually is in the box), serials in the same range place it around 1941 - 1942. The scans of the photographs showing training with the sextant did not come with the sextant but were obtained from another Dutchman.
More information / other collections:
plath kriegsmarine
Data sheet
- Year
- c1941
- Serialnumber
- 20304
- Material
- Brass
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German trommel or drum sextant marked Kriegsmarine.
Obtained from the Netherlands
Product details: C.Plath Kriegsmarine trommel sextant | C. Plath | Sextant | | Material: Brass