Lunar Globe

Unusual Moon globe that shows an amazing amount of detail, by East German maker Paul Räth, dated 1976. Räthgloben is a renowned German cartographic publisher and globe manufacturer founded in Leipzig, 1917 by Paul Räth. Known for producing high-quality terrestrial, celestial, and later, illuminated globes, the company has a long history of craftsmanship that continues to this day.

Dimensions: 33 cm/13 inches(diameter) x 40.5 cm/16 inches (height).

Translation of globe’s cartouche:

Räth's Earth-Moon Globe
Diameter: 33 cm, Scale: 1:10,500,000 Editor: Engineer-Cartographer Hellmuth Wolf
Editing, Cartography and Offset Printing: VEB Hermann Haack, Geographical-Cartographical Institute Gotha/Leipzig
Reproduction: VEB Packaging Materials Factory Ernst Thälmann Saalfeld, Saalfeld Plant
Publisher: VEB Räthgloben-Verlag Leipzig, VLN 1003 9/7/77 Editorial Deadline: 6/1976 Made in GDR