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Armeemodell I, Personal compass : Charles Kraus, Austro-Hungarian Army
Heraldry
Maker: Bezard
A hinged horseshoe shaped compass known as an 'Armeemodell I.' and used by the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I. The hinging lid is made from white metal that has been painted black on the ins...REL28424.001
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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, concealed in RAF button : Flight Lieutenant N W Pemberton, RAF
Heraldry
Maker: J R Gaunt & Sons
Brass button with RAF crown and eagle motif. The back of the button unscrews to reveal a small glass faced compass with floating needle.REL/21130
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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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Fob pocket compass : Sapper C M Coughlan, 6 Field Artillery Brigade, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: F Darton & Co
Silver fob pocket compass fitted with push-release sprung cover and fob chain ring. Reverse of case is impressed with a broad arrow within a capital 'D', over the maker's details, over 'V / 14018 / 19...REL33809
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Handmade magnetic escape compass : Private R Glanville, 2/7 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Glanville, Reginald Lawrence
Small magnetic escape compass contained in a round bakelite toothpaste container with part of the lid cut out to show the compass pointer, made from two luminous watch hands and two magnetised crewel ...REL/18423
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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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Keyring with compass and light : Warrant Officer Class II J T Cattana, Australian Army Training Team in Iraq 4 (AATTI-4)
Heraldry
Maker: Silva
Black and red painted metal lug with attached plastic compass, blue LED microlight and metal chain with screw-cap. A label attached to the metal chain reads '! CAUTION ATTACH CAP SNUG TIGHT, THEN 1/2 ...REL34508.008
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Prismatic compass in case : Lieutenant V M Chataway, 9 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: A P Greenfield & Co Ltd
Prismatic compass in leather case. The compass is of brass with a removable brass cap, and there is a chrome plated brass screw fitting on the base. The glass face is missing, enabling the card to be ...REL34262
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Prisoner of war handmade escape compass : Lieutenant A L Walker, 2/1 Australian Machine Gun Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Walker, Archibald Larnach
Small handmade escape compass in a wooden container. The container originally contained Swedish Soletter Astra saccharine tablets from a Red Cross parcel. The free moving cardboard dial is marked with...REL/18630
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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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Small escape compass used during escape from Holzminden POW camp : Captain S S B Purves, Royal Air Force
Heraldry
Maker: Purves, Stanley Stuart Beattie
Small escape compass made from a pair of needles threaded end to end through two pieces of paper and a small piece of wood between the two papers. A piece of thread has been wound round the wood so th...RELAWM16875.001