KM Star globe opinions please

[NOR_collector]

Hi.

I am not so familiar with this type of globes so I need your opinions on this.
I have searched the internet and the forum to find a similar globe to this one, but they all seems to have been made out of a different metal than this one and also they have this wooden base. (sorry for my bad English)

Best regards,
André

[NOR_collector]

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[NOR_collector]

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[NOR_collector]

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[Mainemilitaria]

It's a "Astronomical/Constellation" globe for Naval navigation.... would have been in a wooded box.... common aboard Submarines for plotting their position from the stars.... not sure if larger vessels also carried them... probably.

Nice Kreigsmarine related item.
John G.

[amiklic1]

You can find more details in my thread where I have tried to include all such pieces I have found on various sites.

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...elestial+globe

[compressore]

IMHO a nice KM celestial globe!
Regards
Christian

[NOR_collector]

Thanks for all the replies and thanks for the link amiklic1.

On this one, the protractor/angular is not made of brass. Is this added post war or did some have this material as well? Not sure what the material is though....

Regards,
André

[AndyC]

Great find Andre


Andy

[all1knew]

very interesting item!

William Kramer

[km-spain]

André, nice an rare piece. Here you have a similar one, same model and maker, that is currently on the web.

[amiklic1]

Thanks for all the replies and thanks for the link amiklic1.

On this one, the protractor/angular is not made of brass. Is this added post war or did some have this material as well? Not sure what the material is though....

Regards,
André

I think everything is original on your piece, it's just other material they have used. Somehow I feel that "NWK" mark is used post full name, so they have prbably gone from brass to a kind of a plastic, because there was a high demand for brass.

Does anyone know if these were used and produced postwar, also?

[compressore]

Hi,
As far as I found out, the Nautische Wrkstaetten Kiel stopped to exist in 1945, so no post-war manfuactruing from them.
I think Andre's globe is brass to but only painted in grey!?
Regards
Christian

[all1knew]

André, nice an rare piece. Here you have a similar one, same model and maker, that is currently on the web.

is this for sale somewhere?

William Kramer

[compressore]

There is one for sale at collectors guild