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Re: 1966 C. Plath, Hamburg sextant
From: Carsten John
Date: 2025 Jan 4, 03:05 -0800
From: Carsten John
Date: 2025 Jan 4, 03:05 -0800
Hello an Happy New Year,
there are replicas out there, for sure. After WWII, the Soviets dismanteled the fabrication facilities of C.Plath and started to produces the SNO-M sextant (a 1:1 copy, perhaps using the oroginal moulds for the frames). These sextants were quite cheaply available after the end of the cold war. Some fraudsters faked the C.Plath insigia onto the SNO-M sextants. Most of these fakes were made to fake WWII sextants, as some people are paying high prices for WWII stuff with the original Kriegsmarine emblems on it.
You can find detailed information regarding this topic at Bill Morris website: https://sextantbook.com/category/the-ussr-sno-m-sextant/
His book "The nautical sextant" is highly recommended...
Carsten
