United Kingdom. A 1917 Prismatic Verner’s Pattern Compass, by S. Moran & Co Auction (Schulterstück)

(Schulterstück)

bears Japanese characters on the top in gilt

entitled " "The March of the Prairie Men" being a story of The South Saskatchewan Regiment"

the reverse plain with a horizontal pinback

enamel chip on the obverse medallion

United Kingdom. A 1917 Prismatic Verner’s Pattern Compass, by S. Moran & Co Auction (Schulterstück)A working example of a British Verners Pattern Mark VIII Prismatic Marching Compass, comprising a brass body with cardinal points around the exterior with a glass cover bearing a single strip painted with luminescence (potentially radium) and a thin central line. The interior silvered turntable ring is gradated in black numerals from 20 to 340 on the inner circle, with the external ring in individual increments. A prismatic glass viewer folds over the