LEGION D’HONNEUR PRESENTATION MARINE INSTRUMENTS FOR FRENCH NAVAL OFFICER MARCEL ANDRE RAOUL EBSTEIN KALFA BY A HURLIMANN PARIS Antique anemometer for sale catalogues and other associated ephemera

catalogues and other associated ephemera

The journal “The Optician” was created in 1891 and in 1895 when Hyatt-Wolf created The British Optical Association (BOA)

numerous companies such as Max Kohl of Germany are known to have produced them in latter stages of the Nineteenth Century and early Twentieth Century

chamfered and carved stem and a carved domed top supported by scroll pediments either side

LEGION D’HONNEUR PRESENTATION MARINE INSTRUMENTS FOR FRENCH NAVAL OFFICER MARCEL ANDRE RAOUL EBSTEIN KALFA BY A HURLIMANN PARIS Antique anemometer for sale catalogues and other associated ephemeraFor sale a suite of Legion DHonneur presentation marine instruments for French Naval Officer Marcel Andre Raoul Ebstein Kalfa, manufactured by the Parisian firm of Ponthus & Therrode (successors to the firm of A Hurlimann). The set comprises of three walnut cased instruments, a sextant, a pair of associated binoculars which may be attached to sextant and an artificial horizon. The skilfully proportioned ladder framed sextant is complete with index