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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 357740, member: 54&quot;]A friend bought this 3.25” diameter compass at auction.&nbsp; The longish auction description isn’t correct and I’m not posting it yet to avoid confusing you and contaminating my search for an accurate description and approximate date of manufacture.&nbsp; I’m pretty sure of my own dating of this item but the exact purpose of this particular compass isn’t clear to me.&nbsp; Ebay was no help, I looked at, I think, every compass listed and found the majority to be mass-produced fakes from India.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is basically a good quality, real compass, But the maker’s name may have been removed from the face where the dark smudge is, just left of the pivot.&nbsp; I have no idea whether the wood box it sits in is original or not since this is the only photo available now.&nbsp; It looks to me like some other object was in/on the box or top piece of wood, looking at the circular “shadow” of larger diameter than the compass that’s there now.&nbsp; New owner hasn’t received it yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]121991[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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