Francis Barker Liquid Filled Compass c.1890 Air Force and is standard military issue

and is standard military issue with many armed forces

a wealthy landowner and owner of Lauriston Castle

engraved with the maker's name 'F

higher and higher to almost four thousand feet

Francis Barker Liquid Filled Compass c.1890 Air Force and is standard military issueA very rare liquid damped pocket compass, with a nickel plated brass case in a leather outer case, dating from c. 1890. There are no maker's marks, but this compass features the classic early Francis Barker dial design, with the red and black fleur de lys emblem at 'N' identical to the one used in the well known Barker 'Unicus' hunter cased liquid filled compass. The brass case is similar to the 'Royal Engineers Liquid Surveying Compass' that appeared