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1941 WW2 TG & Co Mk III Officers Prismatic Military Marching Compass
This fine looking device is an original 1941 WW2 TG & Co Mk III Officers Prismatic Military Marching Compass.
The rear of the compass is marked:
T.G. Co Ltd London
No. B111406
1941
MK III
↑ (Military Broad Arrow)
Condition:
Made from brass and over lacquered in black, it is in fairly good cosmetic but non-working condition: (doesn't appear to find North).
There is no sighting glass with sighting line but I'm not sure if there is anything else missing.
There are scuffs and blemishes on the surface where the black paint has rubbed away.
Whilst the compass is intact, and still contains the original fluid damped disc, the inside is cloudy and the numbers, (Divisions: 360 deg., clockwise), on the mother of pearl compass card dial are difficult to read.
There are compass points engraved on the outside dial with a turning dial held in place by a brass screw, which I am unable to turn.
T.G. Co.Ltd is better known as The Gramophone Company which was the trademark for EMI (Electric & Musical Industries). The abbreviation, {T.G.Co. Ltd}, was only used by EMI during WW2 as they diverted their normal business activities to the war effort.
The B in front of the serial number indicates that the compass was made by the British compass maker F. Barker & Son.
