Motoring and Flying Goggles cigars_and_smoking Circa 1940

Circa 1940

5 cm/9¼ inches (height)

A magnificent English made prismatic brass compass with engraving to the lid 'Made in England for Otto Boettger Adelaide'

' for table or desk

On original steel and cast iron floor stand with ball and socket mount so the plane’s position can be adjusted as desired

Motoring and Flying Goggles cigars_and_smoking Circa 1940A wonderful example from a collection of vintage motoring and flying goggles. The goggles were part of a collection of 100 pairs of motoring and aviation goggles, each one different from the next, that formed the archive of the manufacturer Chr. Kraus & Co, covering the period circa 19001950. It appears that more recently the company, which was based in Frth, Bavaria, Germany, went through some kind of upheaval or takeover and decided to sell the