German & French compasses

My new book Compass Chronicles has a chapter dedicated to German and to
French pocket compasses. (The examples you see below are described in detail.)

Compass Chronicles describes over 200 different compasses. This first edition,
hard cover book includes over 500 colorful photographs and illustrations
covering the history and evolution of these unique instruments.

German:

Dscn0020s.jpg (19711 bytes)  Dscn0019s.jpg (14578 bytes)

Dscn0021s.jpg (13387 bytes)  Dscn0022s.jpg (11698 bytes)  Dscn0023s.jpg (10133 bytes)

French:

Dscn0008s.jpg (19739 bytes)  Dscn0007s.jpg (14616 bytes)

Dscn0005s.jpg (16348 bytes)  Dscn0006s.jpg (12234 bytes)

brscomps2s.jpg (14771 bytes)  brscompas1s.jpg (12598 bytes)

Dscn0013s.jpg (23216 bytes)  Dscn0014s.jpg (16837 bytes)

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