Nautical compass on gimbals H. HUGHES & SON, LTE LONDON - 1918/1929

Nautical compass on gimbals H. HUGHES & SON, LTE LONDON 1918/1929

Heavy cast iron cardan shaft and compass housing as support with glass top cover and compass with liquid inside.

The acronym on the central fairing reads: H. HUGHES & SON, LTE LONDON. PAT GT BRIT. No. 127135

From the company's historical catalogue it appears that this type of compass was built in London between 1918 and 1932.

The cardinal points written on the compass, (S -J - Z - I) S=Sjever - J=Jug - Z=Zapad – I=Istok represent the cardinal points in Bosnian .

By doing historical/geographical research, we read that in that period there existed the “Jugoslavenska kraljevska ratna mornarica” (JKRM) which was the navy of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia which was active from 1918 to 1929 of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1929 to 1941 , when during the Second World War , following the  During the invasion of Yugoslavia by the Axis Powers , the fleet was either scuttled or captured by the invaders.

This English compass was therefore built specifically for the Royal Navy in their national language, between 1918 and 1929.

Height 10 cm. Diameter 27 cm. Weight 9.90 Kg.