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Very Rare Brass Original Antique Pre 2nd World War Brass 1939 F. B . BARKER & SON LTD of LONDON British RAF ( Royal Air Force ) Officer's Prismatic Marching Compass in a wooden box
Very Rare Brass Original Antique Pre 2nd World War Brass 1939 F. B . BARKER & SON LTD of LONDON British RAF ( Royal Air Force ) Officer's Prismatic Marching Compass in a wooden box
Very Rare Brass Original Antique Pre 2nd World War Brass 1939 F. B . BARKER & SON LTD of LONDON British RAF ( Royal Air Force ) Officer's Prismatic Marching Compass in a wooden box
Very Rare Brass Original Antique Pre 2nd World War Brass 1939 F. B . BARKER & SON LTD of LONDON British RAF ( Royal Air Force ) Officer's Prismatic Marching Compass in a wooden box
Very Rare Brass Original Antique Pre 2nd World War Brass 1939 F. B . BARKER & SON LTD of LONDON British RAF ( Royal Air Force ) Officer's Prismatic Marching Compass in a wooden box
Very Rare Brass Original Antique Pre 2nd World War Brass 1939 F. B . BARKER & SON LTD of LONDON British RAF ( Royal Air Force ) Officer's Prismatic Marching Compass in a wooden box
Very Rare Brass Original Antique Pre 2nd World War Brass 1939 F. B . BARKER & SON LTD of LONDON British RAF ( Royal Air Force ) Officer's Prismatic Marching Compass in a wooden box
Very Rare Brass Original Antique Pre 2nd World War Brass 1939 F. B . BARKER & SON LTD of LONDON British RAF ( Royal Air Force ) Officer's Prismatic Marching Compass in a wooden box
Very Rare Brass Original Antique Pre 2nd World War Brass 1939 F. B . BARKER & SON LTD of LONDON British RAF ( Royal Air Force ) Officer's Prismatic Marching Compass in a wooden box
Very Rare Brass Original Antique Pre 2nd World War Brass 1939 F. B . BARKER & SON LTD of LONDON British RAF ( Royal Air Force ) Officer's Prismatic Marching Compass in a wooden box

Very Rare Brass Original Antique Pre 2nd World War Brass 1939 F. B . BARKER & SON LTD of LONDON British RAF ( Royal Air Force ) Officer's Prismatic Marching Compass in a wooden box

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F. B . BARKER & Son Ltd. was a British manufacturer of scientific instruments based in Clerkenwell Road , London. They were contractors to the British War Office, British Air Ministry, Commonwealth Countries, amongst others.

Francis Barker & Son continued to prosper for decades after Francis Barker's death in 1880.  The Anglo-African (Boer) War and the First World War, together with an exponential demand for scientific instruments from the New World countries ensured enough business to allow the company to continue to do well.  However, the sons, nephews and grandsons lacked Francis' acumen and eventually the company ran into serious financial troubles around 1932, when it was taken over and renamed F. B. Barker & Son (1932) Limited.  This new company did well and benefitted from the business created by the Second World War.  F. B.  Barker & Son (1932) Limited changed hands several times over the decades and the name is now carried by Pyser-SGI Limited of Edenbridge in Kent, England, who continue to produce the world's finest prismatic compasses that still bear the Francis Barker name.