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Re: Freiberger sextant with prism
From: Andy Howse
Date: 2022 May 30, 13:53 -0700
From: Andy Howse
Date: 2022 May 30, 13:53 -0700
Hi Martin
The sextant was purchased without the Pentaprism. I bought that some 20 years after the sextant was bought, and it was bought from a company in Colchester not direct from the GDR.
If it was manufactured in mid 1978, I started working in mid 1979 and the sextants were not used while I was employed by the company in fact, I am certain that my sextant has never been used. Except for the time in a muddy field in Devon and it is essentialy in pristine condition.
Regards, Andy