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SAMPSON MORDAN WW1 ARMY OFFICERS COMPASS, ISSUED 1918 BROAD ARROW MARK, RARE

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Sampson Mordan WW1 Army Officers Compass, Issued 1918 Broad Arrow Mark, Rare

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Type

Compass

Clothing Type

Compass

Era

1914-1945

Country of Origin

United Kingdom

Item description

This is a genuine World War I British Army Officer's Compass made by the renowned London silversmith and instrument maker Sampson Mordan & Co in 1918

Maker

Sampson Mordan & Co., London (famous originally for silver and mechanical pencils, but contracted for precision military field gear during WWI).Date of Manufacture: 1918 (stamped in the final year of the First World War).Serial Number: 4735 (the individual production or batch number assigned by the maker that year).Military Broad Arrow: It features a government "crow's foot" / broad arrow stamp indicating it was an officially issued piece of British military property.Dimensions: 2" (51mm) diameter by ⅝" (16mm) depth; weight 4½oz (127g).Sampson Mordan WW1 compasses are now quite rare.

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Condition

Pre-Owned

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