Original U.S. WWII M2 Artillery Compass with M-19 Leather Case and Box - Unissued The Pacific on HBO He began to modernise his

He began to modernise his army

It is marked with CROWN over TOWER

however no major flaking

This particular example is very interesting in that it is fitted with a short but very wide blade dating it to the late 1700s

It has no equal and should actually be in the Smithsonian (if they didn’t already have one

Original U.S. WWII M2 Artillery Compass with M-19 Leather Case and Box - Unissued The Pacific on HBO He began to modernise hisOriginal Item: Only One Available. The M2 Artillery Compass is a special purpose instrument designed for high accuracy. It combines a surveyors compass with a clinometer, level and a plumb built into one instrument. It was in use during World War II, based on an earlier Compass, M1 that was not graduated in mils. The M2 has readings for 0 359 degrees and 0 6400 mils. The unmounted M2 compass provides an alternate instrument for orienting cannon or