J. H. Steward Verner's Patent Compass (1902) Greencard compass ballistics

ballistics

Recalled to the RAF at the start of WW2

some of which are coloured

After WW2 the company changed hands several times and the name is now owned by Pyser-Optics of Edenbridge in Kent

more than ten thousand of them becoming officers

J. H. Steward Verner's Patent Compass (1902) Greencard compass ballisticsAn early version of the Mark VI Verner's Patent prismatic marching compass, with the maker's mark 'J. H. Steward, London', the date 1902, and the serial number '779' engraved on the lid. This may be one of the very first Mk VI type compasses to be made, as almost all the known examples date from c. 1905 onwards. This particular example is very unusual in that it has the card degree markings and case design usually seen in both the Mk IV and Mk V