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Earth globe for the Beamten-Wirtschaftsbund. Berlin,...

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Earth globe for the Beamten-Wirtschaftsbund. Berlin, around 1924, marked "Earth globe of the German civil servants' bookshop, book distribution of the civil servants' publications publishing house G.m.b.H., Anstalt des Deutschen Beamten-Wirtschaftsbundes, Berlin SW 68, produced by the cartographic institute Dietrich Reimer (E. Vohsen) A.G., Berlin", the globe as a papier-mâché sphere covered with 12 color-printed paper segments, brass semi-meridian with 4 x 90° graduation, turned, mahogany-colored wooden base with embedded compass. Diameter: 34 cm. Height: approx. 65 cm. A terrestrial globe made for the Beamten-Wirtschaftsbund. Berlin c. 1924, signed "Erdglobus der deutschen Beamten-Buchhandlung, Buchvertrieb des Beamtenschriften-Verlages G.m.b.H., Anstalt des Deutschen Beamten-Wirtschaftsbundes, Berlin SW 68, hergestellt von dem Kartographischen Institut Dietrich Reimer (E. Vohsen) A.G., Berlin", twelve color-printed globe gores mounted on cardboard sphere, graduated brass half meridian circle, turned wooden stand with inlaid compass. Diameter c. 34 cm, height c. 65 cm.