The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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.
Small rotor compasses were sealed in clear plastic pouches, or ’ bubbles’ to protect them from humidity in the tropics. The compasses in the small round ‘bubbles’ were usually contained in escape and evasion kits. Others were placed in larger pouches which had cotton tape threaded through the top so the compass could be worn around the neck during operations.
Magnetised strip of diamond-shaped steel sheet with 3 small holes, two at one end filled with luminous radium paint, enclosed with a spot of varnish on either side (indicating North), with another sma
The tan coloured cordura belt has five pouches attached. The three central pouches are designed to each hold two magazines for the M4 carbine and other weapons used by Australian special forces. These
Brass button with RAF crown and eagle motif. The back of the button unscrews to reveal a small glass faced compass with floating needle. Worn by 417230 Flight Lieutenant Neville Wheeldon Pemberton.
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
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
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
