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Russia is marked Leningrad and Ethiopia ABESSINIEN, indicating a date between 1924 and Benito Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia in 1935.
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COLUMBUS-VERLAG, Berlin
COLUMBUS-VOLKSGLOBUS BEARBEITET VON C. LUTHER COLUMBUS-VERLAG G.M.B.H. BERLIN-LICHTERFELDE
An 11-inch (28cm.) diameter terrestrial table globe, made up of twelve colour printed gores and two polar calottes, the equatorial graduated in degrees, no ecliptic shown, the countries coloured and outlined, the oceans showing currents and shipping routes (surface wear to small areas and equator), with brass half meridian ring divided into two quadrants, mounted on wooden column and plinth -- 17¼in. (44cm.) high
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COLUMBUS-VOLKSGLOBUS BEARBEITET VON C. LUTHER COLUMBUS-VERLAG G.M.B.H. BERLIN-LICHTERFELDE
An 11-inch (28cm.) diameter terrestrial table globe, made up of twelve colour printed gores and two polar calottes, the equatorial graduated in degrees, no ecliptic shown, the countries coloured and outlined, the oceans showing currents and shipping routes (surface wear to small areas and equator), with brass half meridian ring divided into two quadrants, mounted on wooden column and plinth -- 17¼in. (44cm.) high
See Illustration and Detail