Submarine gyro sextant of German Kriegsmarine Circa 1942

Submarine gyro sextant in wooden box by Carl Plath
–
Extremely rare submarine gyro sextant of the German Kriegsmarine, Deutsche Seewarte Hamburg, circa 1942. Comes with original, numbered, wooden box with two spare bulbs and instruction manual. Sextant with black lacquered case, circa 37 cm long, type plate ‘gtl’, device number 616-42A, type SKS-3D, pneumatically driven.
–
Dimensions: 35 × 40 × 15 cm
–
Signed: Carl Plath Hamburg
–
Extensive information about Carl Plath can be found in the article ‘Sterne über Hamburg-Navigationsinstrumente’.