Escape compass, between 1939 and 1945?
- Title(s):
Escape compass.
- Published/Created:
- Great Britain?, between 1939 and 1945?
- Physical Description:
- 1 compass : brass, glass ; 5 mm high x 15 mm in diameter
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsTL589.2.C6 E83 FlatYale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art FundView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/16472283
- Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- Notes:
- The compass is presumably of British manufacture. Easily concealed, the compass could be used to help British prisoners of war during World War II.
- Subject Terms:
- Prisoners of war -- Germany.World War, 1939-1945.
- Form/Genre:
- Compasses (direction indicators)
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