

#Cp goerz compass full
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Please note successful bids made via live bidding cannot be invoiced or paid for until the day after an auction. Online bidding: You can bid live online at our auctions via our own website ( .uk) after completing the registration process or alternatively you can live bid on or In person: Being present at the auction provides the convenience of being able to remove the lots that you have purchased when the sale ends, provided you choose to pay by credit or debit card, guaranteed cheque or cash. You can make a purchase at Dominic Winter Auctioneers by using any of the following methods: The compass came into the present owner's possession after a chance discovery in a junk shop in 1960 and is featured in his book (also included with this lot). The components were all removed by the Royal Marines and everything recovered was stamped with their markings, hence the additional marking on the base of this compass. She was shot down by HMS Agamemnon on and crashed into the Vadar river swamps near the mouth of the river. LZ55 was transferred to the German military service on 12 October 1915 and the first raid was against Dunaburg, Latvia and then bombing raids on Minsk, the railroads of Riga and Salonika (Thessaloniki, Greece). LZ85 or LZ55 was built at Potsdam in 1915, she was produced as LZ55 but given the designation as LZ85 for military service. Provenance: Bernard (A.N.) Green, author and Zeppelin historian.
#Cp goerz compass serial number
2077 with 10.5cm circular brass dial and black painted metal case with folding arms, the lid stamped with conforming serial number and makers monogram, the inner lid with a map of Europe dated 1.1.15, the compass base stamped with Royal Marines date mark OK 10.5.16, approximately 15cm diameter, together with Green (Bernard), Zeppelin L15 & The Wakefield Gold Medal, which gives a descriptive account of the history of this compass. A WWI Zeppelin compass recovered from LZ85 when it was shot-down by HMS Agamemnon in Salonika, the compass manufactured by C.P.
