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Title: A Compass, but for what???
Post by: WelwynGC1 on Sunday 13 September 09 21:29 BST (UK)

Hi folks, sure someone on here will have some answers, a friend was given this years ago, but not sure what it belonged to.

Top and side views.

Thanks........Steve.

Title: Re: A Compass, but for what???
Post by: ricky1 on Sunday 13 September 09 21:43 BST (UK)

Hi Steve

It looks a bit like the one on this page, which came under Survey & Artillery Compasses  :-\

http://www.compassmuseum.com/geo/geo_2.htm#GOERZ

ricky

Title: Re: A Compass, but for what???
Post by: PaulineJ on Sunday 13 September 09 23:08 BST (UK)

I guess that's why it has the 'bubble level' built in.

Pj

Title: Re: A Compass, but for what???
Post by: WelwynGC1 on Tuesday 15 September 09 07:39 BST (UK)

Thanks Ricky and Pauline....l am told that this was swapped by a soldier for something else.

Can anyone definitively say what it would have been attached to, armoured vehicle etc.????

Title: Re: A Compass, but for what???
Post by: PRONTO105 on Wednesday 16 September 09 18:59 BST (UK)

GOERZ
PROFILE - (draft) Carl Paul GOERZ Optische Anstalt was a German company in Berlin. (see WIKIPEDIA)
This artillery compass type has been built by several companies, among them the famous camera manufacturer Zeiss Jena.

have a look at website
http://www.compassmuseum.com/geo/geo_2.htm

Title: Re: A Compass, but for what???
Post by: scrimnet on Wednesday 16 September 09 20:24 BST (UK)

Are there any other markings on it? Such as a "Waffen Mark" An eagle mark?

Can I also request a clearer photo of the top pse? I have asked about it on anther forum...

Title: Re: A Compass, but for what???
Post by: WelwynGC1 on Thursday 17 September 09 06:01 BST (UK)

Thanks Scrimnet, l shall ask the owner for a clearer photo of the top. Maybe they can use my trick of holding the camera at an angle and avoiding the reflective glare!!

Steve.

Title: Re: A Compass, but for what???
Post by: WelwynGC1 on Thursday 01 October 09 08:48 BST (UK)

Quote from: scrimnet on Wednesday 16 September 09 20:24 BST (UK)

Are there any other markings on it? Such as a "Waffen Mark" An eagle mark?

Can I also request a clearer photo of the top pse? I have asked about it on anther forum...

Apologies Scrimnet for the delay in providing another photo, the owner is having problems with his camera. He states that there are no markings on it apart from the letters in the top L/H corner first photo.....although it says ZE l reckon it should be ZIEL as per the one on that compass website link from  the same company.
Steve.