I have had this for a long time and I don't have a clue what it's worth.......it's filled with fluid and really works. I also have some small electric motors from WWII also. Are these from an airplane or a submarine or something? I would greatly appreciate anybody's opinion........thanks! :bglasses:
from a quick Ebay search "WWII + Compass + Airplane" Current bid: US $27.00 "Here is Compass which I beleive probably came from a WWII airplane. I am assuming this because the man I got it from had a lot of stuff from that era and was actually fighting over there at that time as well. Marked as follows on the back: COMPASS, MAGNETIC PILOTS STANDBY/28 VOLTS DC LIGHTING SYSTEM/AIRPATH INSTRUMENTS COMPANY/MFRS PART NUMBER CB-2100-T4-A then contract number and serial number. The plate that covers the djusting mechanism is midssing but the mechanism is there. no bubbles in fluid. Compass appears to read close to correct sitting here on the desk. All items sold as is as pictured. Please ask questions before bidding."
They are not worth much unless it happened to be from some rare plane whose type is under resto and the part is rare. That is an filled oil filled type with an in the dash mount. This type was uses in many general avaition as well as military planes until the late 50s or early 60s. Now most mount up near the wind screen to keep metal from influencing their readings. Many planes have gone to the more accurate compass cards that avoid the leading and lagging errors in oil filled types causes by turns.
