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This is the comprehensive directory of all the identified manufacturers of the compasses exhibited in this Museum. You will also find here some technical terms like dip compass for example. The menu buttons for the various compass categories lead you to the corresponding departments where all compasses are displayed.

A Abercrombie & Fitch ABNEY (Level) ADAMS ADMIRAL ADMIRALTY ADRIANOVA Aiming Circle AINSWORTH AIRGUIDE (nautical comp.) AIRGUIDE (pocket comp.) AIRGUIDE (wrist & pin-on c.) AIR MINISTRY (A.M.) AK-39 (Kadlec) Anglo-Swiss Association ANSONIA SUN-WATCH Arabic (see OMI) ASKANIA (marching c.) ASKANIA (nautical c.) ASKANIA (wrist c.) Aurapole AURICOSTE AURKKA (AYPKKA in cyrillic letters) AZIMUT (A3ИMYT in cyrillic letters) B B-2 (Б-2 in cyrillic letters) BAILLE-LEMAIRE BAKER, Charles BK-20 (БK-20 in cyrillic letters) BAMBERG (aeronaut.) BAMBERG (nautical) BAMBERG (pocket c.) BARIGO BARKER (marching c.) BARKER (wrist c.) BARKER (pocket c.) BARKER (survey c.) BARKER (nautical c.)	(B - Cont'd) BAUDET (see BURNAT, pocket) BAUDUF BELCO (see GKS) B.E.N. BERGET BÉZARD (wrist comp.) BÉZARD (marching c.) BENDIX BERRY BEUCHAT (see BEN, wrist c.) BIANCHETTI BILAND BION B-L BLOCH BLUNT BODAN (see ASKANIA) BOYD SUN-TIME Boy scouts compasses BREITHAUPT (survey comp.) BREITHAUPT (marching comp.) BRINTON & BRONTON BROWN BROWNE (s. H.B. & S.) BRUNSON BRUNTON BRYAN, Captain BÜCHI (marching c.) BÜCHI (survey comp.) Bundeswehr BURNAT (marching c.) BURNAT (pocket c.) BURNIER BUSCH (marching c.) BUSCH (pocket comp.) BUSSOLE (old, Austrian German for Kompass, s. Bézard, Richtbussole, Winterer) BUTTERFIELD	C CAMMENGA Car compasses CARAC CARY CASELLA CEBEP (go to UOMZ) CHAIX CHARVOZ Ch-Ch-Z (ЧЧЗ in cyrillic letters) CHETWYND(wrist comp.) CHETWYND (nautical comp.) Chicago Apparatus Co. CHINA (survey comp.) CHINA (marching comp.) clk (see Breithaupt) COLLIGNON-HOULLIOT(pocket) COLLIGNON-HOULLIOT (survey comp.) COLLIGNON-HOULLIOT (wrist comp.) Compass (school poster) Cross staff head CRC (marching comp.) CRC (survey comp.) CREAGH OSBORNE (marching c.) CREAGH OSBORNE (wrist c.) CREAK cro (s. FUESS, marching comp.) CRUCHONS & EMONS cxn (see BUSCH) C.Z. (see ZEISS, Carl) Czech comp.: go to Bézard/Cz, ŠP, Kadlec,, SRB & STYS, VTD and Czech Army CYMA (go to watches)	D DACOR DALOZ - DOIGNON DARLEY DARTON DECOUDUN Delagrave (see PEIGNÉ) DELCROIX (marching comp.) DELCROIX (survey c.) DEMARIA-LAPIERRE (march. comp.) DEMARIA-LAPIERRE (pocket comp.) DENNISON DEPERDUSSIN Monodep DESOMBRE DIETZGEN DINSMORE DION, Nicholas (go to BION) Dip compass Divers' compasses DLM DOIGNON DOLLOND (marching com.) DOLLOND (pocket comp.) DOLLOND (wrist comp.) DOMATIC DOXA (wrist c.) DOXA (pocket c.) DQL (Chinese comp.) DUCHEMIN Dummy Training Compass DU-NORTH DUPUY DUROPLAST E ELLIOTT Bros. Escape Compasses ESCHENBACH (marching c.) ESCHENBACH (pocket c.) ESCHENBACH (wrist c.)	F Fakes FALKE FEE & STEMWEDEL Feng Shui Compasses FENNEL F-L (French Ltd) Flinders bar FPM - Freiberger   Präzisionsmechanik (marching comp.) FPM (wrist comp.) FPM (survey comp.) FUESS (code: cro, marching comp.) FUESS (survey & art.) G G150 Galvanometer GAMMA GAMBS GANSER GEODEZIA (Геодезия, in cyrillic letters) GeoPriborTSvetMet GERLACH (marching comp.) GERLACH (survey comp.) GILBERT Gimballed Compasses Girl Scouts (see SILVA, U.S. Gauge) GK-2 (ГK-2 in cyrillic letters) GKS Glass (see-through pocket) GLAUSER GOERZ GUGK (ГYГK in cyrillic letters) GURLEY (survey c.) GURLEY (marching c.) Gyro-compass
H HAMILTON INSTRUMENTS hap (see KOHL) HART H. B. & S. HEINKE HOULLIOT (nautical comp.) HOULLIOT (pocket comp.) HOULLIOT (survey comp.) HUEL HUET HUGHES (pocket comp.) HUGHES (marching comp.) HUNTER Hunting HUTCHINSON I Inclination comp. (s. dip) I.O.R. IRÁNY (see GAMMA and MOM) ISRAEL (Mk III Marching C.). ISZARD-WARREN J JAKUBOWSKI Japanese wrist compasses JEZNACKI JONES	K KADLEC KATER Henry KEARFOTT KELVIN HUGHES KERN (marching c.) KERN (survey & art.) KEUFFEL & ESSER (survey comp.) KEUFFEL & ESSER (pocket comp.) K.M.32 KNM (KHM in cyrillic letters) KOEHN KOHL Max (MK, hap) K&R - Kasper & Richter (marching comp.) K&R (survey comp.) Kommit (Stockert "S") KONUS KREIS KRIEGSMARINE (German Navy) KRÖPLIN (marching comp.) KRÖPLIN (pocket comp.) KÜHRT KULVIEC	L L-1 (s. US Gauge) L'ABÉE-LUND's watch compass LADOIS Lapel compass L.A.T. - Les Accessoires Topographiques. LAVAUZELLE LAWES RABJOHNS Ltd LEGH (Major) LEMAIRE (wrist comp.) LEMAIRE (marching comp.) LEMAIRE (survey comp.) LEMAIRE (pocket comp.) Lensatic compass LEPAUTE Henry LE ROY LEUPOLD Level (artill.) LEZY, G. LIETZ LINCOLN, Abe (The Murderer's Compass) LIONEL Corp. LONGINES (pocket comp.) LONGINES (marching comp.) LONGINES LINDBERGH (wrist watch) LUDOLPH (aeronaut.) LUDOLPH (nautical comp.) LUFFT (marching comp.) LUFFT (pocket comp.) LUFFT (wrist comp.) Luo Pan Compasses LÜTTIG LUTZ LYTH (nautical comp.) LYTH (marching comp.)	M M1 / M2 M.13 / M.15 (Goerz) M-1918 M-1938 M-1950 M-49, M-53 (YU) M-73, M-88 (GB) MAGNAGHI MAGNAPOLE MAG. TRNG. Map & Compass (Books) Map Pockets Map Reader MARBLE'S MARINE COMPASS Co. (wrist comp.) Mark 1, 2, I, II etc. MashPriborIntOrg (Машприборинторг) MC-1 (s. Marine Compass) McGREGOR MEOPTA (xbk) (Survey & art. comp.) MEOPTA (marching comp.) MERIDIAN (marching comp.) MERIDIAN (survey comp.) MIKROTECHNA Milvay Miners' compass Mirror compass MK (see KOHL) Mk IV (wooden frame) Mk 4 / IV (see Glauser and SISTECO) M.K.32 Modèle 1922 Modèle 1926	(M - cont'd) MOKO MOM MONODEP MONTICOLO MORIN (marching comp.) MORIN (pocket comp.) MORIN (nautical comp.) MORIN (survey comp.) MORDAN MULLER & VAUCHER (M&V) N NARDIN Navigation (aeronautics) NAZI Compasses NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA (pocket comp.) NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA (nautical comp.) NEMROD NEUFA (see GKS) NEWTON (pocket comp.) NEWTON (marching comp.) NIEDERMANN NIFE O OBSERVATOR OMI OPTOS Orienteering ORION (s. Kröplin) OULIANOFF (survey comp.) Overhead Compass
P PO-52 (Teleoptik, YU) PANERAI PARKES PASTO (marching comp.) PASTO (pocket comp.) PEIGNÉ (Général) Pelorus Photographers comp. (go to Berry, Decoudun, Houlliot, Plaubel, Watkins) PESSLER PHYSICA Pin-on Compasses PIONEER PLAN Ltd Plane table PLASTIMO PLATH PLATIN PLAUBEL PÖFERLEIN Prismatic compass Protractor, square Q Qibla Compasses R RADIA (s. BUSCH) Radio Militaire Range Finder (USSR) RECORD RECTA REFLECTOR Romer Scale RGS (F. Barker & Son) RICHER Richtbussole (M.13/M.15) RITCHIE ROSPINI ROSSIGNOL ROST, R. & A ROUX RUBERGALL Russian pocket compasses Russian survey compasses: B-2, BSh-1, GK-2 Russian wrist compasses: AURKKA, KNM, UOMZ, ZOP &  ZUP, SEMIONOVA and Russia. Russian marching / orienteering compasses: go to AZIMUT, "Orienteering" RÜTER Uhr (sun-watch)	S "S" (see STOCKERT) SALMOIRAGHI SANGUET SAURA SCHLACHT SCHMALCALDER SCHUBERT & VIALON Schwab & Wuischpard (S&W) Scoutism  SCUBAPRO SEARS SECRÉTAN (survey c.) SECRETAN (marching c.) SEL SELSI SEMIONOVA (Семeнова in cyrillic letters) SESTREL SHORT & MASON (marching comp.) SHORT & MASON (pocket comp.) SIEMENS & HALSKE SILVA (marching comp.) SILVA (pin-on and wrist) SIMMS SINCLAIR (pocket comp.) SINCLAIR (marching comp.) SINGER SIRS SISTECO (marching comp.) SISTECO (nautical comp.) Sitometer (level)	(S - cont'd) S-L (Société des Lunetiers) SLOM (survey comp.) S-L (pocket comp.) SMĚR ŠP SPEAR SPENCER BROWNING & RUST SPERRY Spiritualism SPIROTECHNIQUE SPRENGER SRB A ŠTYS (SRB & STYS) SRPI STANLEY (marching c.) STANLEY (survey c.) STEIN (von) STEINHEIL STEWARD (marching comp.) STEWARD (pocket comp.) STEWARD (wrist comp.) STEWARD (survey comp.) STOCKER & YALE STOCKERT E. Chr. (sundial) STOCKERT ("S") STOPPANI STREET STUDER Sun Compasses SUPERIOR MAGNETO Corp. (marching comp.) SUPERIOR MAGNETO Corp. (wrist comp.) SUUNTO (wrist comp.) SUUNTO (nautical c.) SÜSS NÁNDOR (see MOM) S&W (Schwab & Wuischpard) SYMSONS	T TAYLOR (wrist comp.) TAYLOR (pocket comp.) TERRASSE TELEOPTIK Telltale Compass TfA T.G. Co Ltd London THALSON Theodolite THOMSON, William Thumb Compass TOPOCHAIX TOURIST (TYPИCT in cyrillic letters) Trail-blazer Training Traverse Board TRITON TRIUMPH Trough compass TROUGHTON TRU NORD TYCOS U UGR-4 (YГP-4 in cyr. letters) Unicus (The ~) UOMZ (YOM3 in cyrillic letters) U.S. Gauge Div. AM&M (wrist comp.) U.S. Gauge (pocket compass) U.S.G.S. V VAUCHER VEB Plastverarbeitung VEB Geophysikalischer Gerätebau - Brieselang VERNER VION (aeronaut. comp.) VION (nautical comp.) VERSCHOYLE VOIGTLÄNDER VONIN VTD	W WALTHAM (wrist comp.) WALTHAM (pocket comp.) WARDALE WARREN-KNIGHT WATCHES WATKINS WBT WEHRSPORT WICHMANN WILD WILKIE (wrist comp.) WILKIE (pocket comp.) WILKIE (marching c.) WILKIE (nautical c.) WILKIE (survey comp.) WINTERER (marching c.) WINTERER (survey c.) WITTNAUER WOTTON & SHERRY X XBK (Meopta) Y YAL YEATES & SON Z ZEISS, Carl ZEISS IKON Z.I.E.L. ZIKO ZOP (ЗOП in cyrillic letters) ZUP (ЗУП in cyrillic letters, wrist comp.) ZUP (pocket comp.)