Canada, Commonwealth. A Second War Mk. IX Prismatic Dry Compass, Canadian Kodak Company, 1943

A Second War Mark IX Prismatic Dry Compass (no fluid), comprised of blackened brass construction with a brass lanyard ring, and marked to the reverse ckc/C. for the Canadian Kodak Company, with the the capital letter C denoting Canadian issue, British Broadarrow above, and serial numbered to the lower portion and stamped Mk.IX, and dated 1943. The exterior body has sixty-four gradations with large markings for E, N and W and additional small markings for SSE, SE, ESE, ENE, NE, NNE, NNW, NW, WNW, WSW, SW, SSW, the South position obscured by the prism support. Immediately above these marks is a ring etched in single degrees around the circumference. The interior disc rotates freely when unlocked, featuring an international ring of numerals in intervals of 20, with an outer ring from 1- 360 inverted, with an arrow pointing North. The hinged lid is cast into and forms part of the body and lid, centrally set with a glass viewing lens with a vertically scribed aiming line in the centre. The lens is protected by two brass bars, mounted with the use of a common frame, held in place via two screws at the prism end and a single screw at the hinged end. The height adjustable pivoting brass and prismatic glass viewer folds over the lens, allowing the user to see the aiming point and the compass dial simultaneously.