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Military pocket compass featuring the same design as the famous Modèle 1922. The MILS were no longer indicated by four but only by two digits (compare with MORIN). This very simple basic design didn't permit to take as precise bearings as with the Modèle 1922 which was integrated in a case with an aiming device in the cover. | Technical
Data - Diameter: 55 mm - Depth: 18 mm - Weight: 65 gr ![]() Transit lock on the side |
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Mark V
compass with SINGER's
patent card design. It was superseded in the end of 1916 by the much
more precise Mark VI design. Example : see W. Terrasse. Technical Data - Diameter: 45 mm - Depth: 14 mm |
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Box
compass (early 1800's) Click on pictures for enlarged views |
Signature:
Dollond London Picture courtesy fatato81 |
Technical
Data - Diameter: 55 mm - Height: 15 mm |
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The smallest of
all spring hunter type pocket compasses to date (see Definition in
Miscellaneous / Terminology) Technical Data - Diameter: 1 in. / 25 mm - Depth: 11 mm - Weight: 19 gr |
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![]() German compass with
glass rear face,
early 20th c. On the rear face, opposite to the letter S (south) is the abbr. DRGM (registered design, see MISCELLANEOUS / Terminology). |
Technical
Data - Diameter: 41 mm - Depth: 12 mm - Weight: 32 g The needle is locked by turning an excenter attached to the loop fitting. The needle axis is fitted on a cross bearing the cardinal points. May be an earlier version of the BUSCH model no. 3362 (see above) which had the same locking device. Back to ALPHABETICAL SEARCH (Pocket compasses) |
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French compass with glass rear face, early 20th c. Technical Data - Diameter: 48 mm - Depth: 12 mm - Weight: 35 g |
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Compass
with glass rear face. It was carried in a leather pouch with snap lock
and a large round
window. The pouch is probably older than this post WWII compass. Early
20th c. Technical Data - Diameter: 45 mm - Depth: 12 mm - Weight: 40 gr Serial no.: 56 (punched on the side) |
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Technical
data- Diameter: 45 mm - Thickness: 10 mm - Weight: 14 gr - Convex glass on both sides - Marking: JAPAN |
A part
of Houlliot's production c.
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(Pictures by courtesy of Michel Collignon - click on the pictures for enlarged views) |
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Technical Data - Diameter: 45 mm - Depth: 17 mm - Weight: 67 g This hunter type compass is the smallest version of a series of nautical compasses (see this category). The card division (four 90 degrees quadrants) was no longer in use when this item was manufactured (S-L catalogue 1932). |
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Compass with a luminous letter N painted on the
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Double
hunter with transparent case Click to see different configurations |
Compass with N & S
letter shaped needle (compare with BILAND
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Box
compass (see top row, centre - diam. 80 mm) ![]() |
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| Marching compass Arrow made of luminous paper glued under the crystal (early 20th C). ![]() |
Marching compass (compare to a model displayed in
article MORIN) |
Marching
compass called boussole directrice Export version for Russia (note the needle's C-shaped north end) ![]() (see detail description in MORIN) |
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Technical Data - Diameter: 45 mm - Depth: 15 mm - Hunter case, bar needle with counterweight - Production year: before 1913 Engraved inside the lid is the logo of Iszard-Warren's brand DU-NORTH compass ![]() |

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Technical Data - Diameter: 40 mm - Depth: 10 mm - Weight: 30 g |