Various Vintage Tailoring brass Rulers from around the 1950s:

Small wood ( Cm)
J Rabone and sons (Yard)
Rabone Chesterman (Yard and Cm)
Stanley Rabone ( Yard and Cm)

They have a beautiful patina to the brass, These would make a amazing statement piece for a tailor shop for a designer, or great collectors piece. 
Price is for each Ruler