FAKES AND 'NAZI' COMPASSES

The most common fakes are those of the Brunton Transit compass (renamed Brinton or Bronton and manufactured in India) and the T.G. Co. Ltd London Mark III compass (see these entries). You willl find comprehensive information about this topic on the website gemmary files.



Picture sent by a visitor		 We are frequently asked questions concerning compasses with symbols of ancient nazi Germany, typically an eagle and the cross called swastika. On some, the eagle has fancy feathers (see picture at left) and doesn't resemble the Third Reich's eagle with its strait feathers.
You can also find bakelite Bézard compasses with the abbreviation D.R.P. (see abbr. above) together with these symbols on the casing. Very common are also some on which a few German names were engraved like U-Boot (submarine), LEICA (camera manufacturer), KRUPP (Steel works) and FÜHRER ("the guide", Hitler's unofficial but generally used titel) - even on an equinoctial sundial !
In addition to the discussion of this topic, the website of flagdealer.com displays good pictures of a wonderful example of gross fake. Even the famous Song Deutschland über alles (Germany above all) was changed in Alles für Deutschland (Everything for Germany) but there is a typo: in Deutschand, the letter 'l' is missing.
Ex. 1 : false nazi compass ; ex. 2 : YELLOW SUBMARINE ; to be cont'd...
All these items are fakes and worthless. The nazi symbols were only utilized on stamps and official documents, on uniforms and flags and for aircraft identification but never on tools and instruments.

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