Magnified Gas Gauge Glass?

[Colorado Greg]

I have been cleaning and painting the gas gauge that I took out of my '29 Coupe. Well, I was looking through a bag of old parts/bolts etc., and I came across what looks to be a magnified glass lens for the gas gauge. It has an oval shaped magnified portion and I even found the corresponding, oval shaped face plate. The one I took out of the car was just plain, flat glass with a round hole in the face plate.

Is this oval shaped, magnified glass and face plate correct for my car? Is this a rare piece? Any drawbacks to using this? In the picture, the glass on the upper left is what I took out of the car. The glass on upper right and face plate on the bottom are what is in question. Thank You for any input on this!
Greg

car was mfg 9/23/29

[Tom Wesenberg]

My 2-23-29 Tudor has a magnifying glass and oval plate also. I think they went for a month or two after my car was built. Have to check the J/S to be sure.

[Steve Wastler]

The horizontal oval shield was used april 28 thru july 29 give or take, and was used with either the flat or magnifying lens. I have a july 29 roadster and have a magnifying lens for it but havent got around to do the swap. I prefer the mag. lens as it is a little less common.

[d.j. moordigian]

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