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Hi Jim,
It's not a Bamberg.
As the gent lists;
"Armee kompass III ,Pfad-finder,C.Plath,Hamburg"
It is an early compass ideal for an early plane project. It is the real deal, that is for sure!
Ideally you would want an aluminum Bamberg for a Dr.I project. As you can see this compass is brass/bronze and which was the case for the early units. It may be possible that even early aircraft compasses were aluminum as well as the later units, and for a Zeppelin it was acceptable to use what would normally be classified as a "ships" compass.
I wouldn't be ashamed to have this in my project. It can stand as a great piece all by itself anyway, so it wouldn't be a bad investment or as a trading piece. Buy it find a Zeppelin nut and tell him to find an aircraft compass and you'll trade him. Zepp compasses have to be scarce as can be. Aircraft compasses in comparison would be a dime a dozen.
Happy hunting,
Best,
Dave W.
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