Bezard Compass (pic heavy)

I got this a while ago for a reasonable price and the English instructions are rather limited the other set appears to go into detail but as I do not speak that tongue doesn't help me understand the compass.
It appears to be pretty well made & unused has the fold up ruler with a directional arrow on the angle cover which apparently you can map gradients etc and do over the hill distance calculations don't know about that one beyond my mathematical expertise.
Just a thought and those with experience what approximate build date is this one as I cannot seem to get an accurate fix on its age. What are they worth new if some of our European personnel have an idea. TIA :thup:

It LOOKS to me like a pre-prismatic 'marching compass'. Similar to those big heavy duty black shellac cased things the Army used to use, with a mirror in the opening roof bit - as shown here. But this also has an inclinometer (photo 6) built in so you can tell the gradient you are walking up. It shows the angle in degrees as a ratio. Alas, not a lot of use if you live in Cumberland because whither directing your course, you were always walking uphill

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Originally Posted by Peter Laidler

you were ALWAYS walking uphill

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That would be interesting to see. Unless you had the BIG rucksack on your back...

Cinders
Try this
http://www.compassmuseum.com/hand/bezard_dok_e.html