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Escape belt with concealed MI9 Escape & Evasion map and compass
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand made khaki belt with brass buckle and fabric belt loop. Stitched into a pocket next to the buckle is a small escape compass. The tongue of the belt contains a folded silk escape map, possibly of ...RELAWM34490
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Escape compass, belt buckle
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Chrome-plated Royal Air Force belt buckle with sliding teeth to secure a fabric belt. On the central bar a sliding bracket secures a compass needle. When removed this sits on a small spike which when ...REL/18568.002
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Escape compass button : Sister S Muir, 2/13 AGH, AANS
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black Bakelite escape compass button with centre attachment eyelet and orientation dot-markings on reverse. A magnet is embedded in the Bakelite.REL35610
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Escape compass, collar stud : Flight Lieutenant D A Cameron, 10 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Escape compass concealed in a brass collar stud. The stud has a flat white painted glass base, half of the paint having been scratched off to reveal the floating compass needle inside.REL31837
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Escape compass : Flight Sergeant S A Hawken, RAAF, 630 Squadron, RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small escape compass issued as part of a Royal Air Force escape kit. The compass has a brass casing and glass top. Inside is a star-shaped pointer marked with a red dot and two yellow dots to indicate...REL31353
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Escape compass, fly buttons : Sister S Muir, 2/13 AGH, AANS
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of domed brass fly buttons with holes for stitching to cloth. One button has a small spike in the centre and the other button has a small indent for sitting in top. The upper button has small gil...REL35611
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Escape compass : Flying Officer R F Turner, 570 Squadron RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small escape compass with a brass body and glass top. Within is a 'floating' steel disc perforated with four evenly spaced holes. North is marked with a dotted line.REL39513
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Escape compass: Lieutenant A Y Ellerman, 2/29 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small escape compass with a brass body and glass top. Within is a 'floating' steel star with a point painted red to indicated north.REL31567.001
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Escape compass : Private H West, 51 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Compass with a brass body and glass top. The interior compass face is fitted with a floating arrow and is marked in graduations of two degree increments, with every twenty degrees marked in black nume...RELAWM16503
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Escape compass to wear around neck
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small round floating compass sealed in a yellow plastic pouch. Threaded through the top is a blue cotton tape tied with a knot. This tape is 380 mm in length.REL/18568.003
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Japanese wrist compass : Private M N Ritchie, 24 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass-cased wrist compass fitted with a glass cover with an arrow decal. The interior compass face is fitted with a floating arrow, marked in gradations of 20 degrees and features the Japanese charact...REL33156
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Rotor escape compass : Warrant Officer R Forbes, 42 Squadron RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Simple black painted brass spindle type compass with eight pointed direction indicator plate recessed in a well under a glass top. The compass was sealed in a plastic pouch to protect it from humidity...REL25142.004
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Soviet marching compass body : Sapper G J Wilson, 3 Field Troop, Royal Australian Engineers
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
The bakelite body of a marching compass with lanyard and nylon pouch. The compass has a hinged lid with a metal mirror riveted to the inside, allowing the user to see the aiming point and the compass ...REL35976.001
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Soviet marching compass pouch : Sapper G J Wilson, 3 Field Troop, Royal Australian Engineers
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
The bakelite body of a marching compass with lanyard and nylon pouch. The compass has a hinged lid with a metal mirror riveted to the inside, allowing the user to see the aiming point and the compass ...REL35976.002