Original WWI Era Dutch Naval Sextant with Greek Markings in Case - From Dutch Ship Sold to Greece c.1930s Manufacture Type_Original Items There is oxidation on many

There is oxidation on many of the retainers

While government propaganda campaigns targeted adults to encourage patriotism and request support for the war effort

and the chambers of the cylinder sleeved with

The Landesschützen-Ersatz-Bataillon 13 was responsible for providing the battalion with a replacement

Original WWI Era Dutch Naval Sextant with Greek Markings in Case - From Dutch Ship Sold to Greece c.1930s Manufacture Type_Original Items There is oxidation on manyOriginal Item: Only One Available. The name sextant comes from the extent of its limb that is the sixth part of a circle. The main use of a sextant is to determine the angle between a celestial object and the base horizon, which defines the objects altitude. The arc portion of this marine sextant is graduated into degrees from right to left, starting from 0 to 120. With a sextant, knowledge of the time and date with valid charts allows a navigator to