GKS German Bakelite Field Compass In Working Condition
Size 2.5” x 3.25 At widest point closed
Small chip can be seen between 120 and 130
This information and last picture is from online compass museum
GKS
A small-sized user instruction (probably the oldest one) bears the manufacturer's signature GKS-Geräte K.G. Stuttgart-S, Uhlandstr. 15.
The abbreviation GKS stands (according to the heading on another user instruction) for the German word Geländekompass (field compass). When this instrument was built shortly after WWII, this abbr. was still very famous for Geheime Kommandosache ("Top Secret"). This maybe played an important role for the marketing.
It was made by the former German manufacturer Bellmann & Co. (Belco), located in the same building than the compass' retailer NEUFA Fabrik für optisch-technische Geräte GmbH (both names appear on the user's instruction).
Neufa was created in 1946 and ended business 1970.
Bellmann & Co., located Brauhausstrasse 17 in Ansbach (Middle-Franconia), was created on May 1st, 1945 for the production of plastic (Bakelite), metallic and wooden items. In the Yearbook for 1950/51, Belco added extruded and pressed items. The company ended business in 1975.
(Source: city archives of Ansbach).
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