LOT 321 J. COOMBES, OPTICIAN & ADMIRALTY AGENT, DEVONPORT. A LAT...
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J. COOMBES, OPTICIAN & ADMIRALTY AGENT, DEVONPORT. A LATE 19TH CENTURY BRASS FRAMED SEXTANT IN ORIGINAL MAHOGANY BOX J. COOMBES, OPTICIAN & ADMIRALTY AGENT, DEVONPORT. A LATE 19TH CENTURY BRASS FRAMED SEXTANT IN ORIGINAL MAHOGANY BOX of triple ring design with vario filters and lenses and calibrated silver scale, the vernier with engraved name of the owner G. L. Lewin R.N. (Royal Navy) in fitted box, the inner lid having Observatory examination certificate and original makers label dated 1895 - Lewin entered service in the Royal Navy on 15 July 1888, some years prior to his first recorded appearance for the Royal Navy Cricket Club, which came in 1906. By 1917, with World War I in progress, Lewin was recorded as being a Captain,manding the HMS Princess, he was promoted by the Admiralty to the rank of Rear Admiral in 1925
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