WW-II Escape Compass

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Full Description: This is a WW-II Era military 'escape and evasion' compass. There are many kinds of escape compasses, this one is simply a small brass compass,  with a glass face, painted black. Some more novel escape compasses were functional buttons or collar-stays, even razor blades!

Specifications:

• Date of Acquisition: December 2003
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• Dimensions: 15mm across the face, 5mm thick.
• Weight: 0.1 oz
• Needle: Stamped steel plate in 8-pointed star. Compass star is painted black. Interior of the compass is unpainted brass. Two luminous points at  north and 1 luminous point at south, north also has a tiny dab of red paint.
• Pivot: steel pin
• Damping: none
• Stop: none
• Graduations: none
• Marks: none
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