WW2 RAF Escape and Evasion Compass - Spinner Type

WW2 RAF Escape and Evasion Compass - Spinner Type.

This basic and easy to conceal type of compass was designed go fit into the collars of shirts, in trouser waistbands and even into shaving razors. It came in pairs wrapped in paper. They were small magnetised strips of diamond-shaped steel sheet with 3 small holes, two at one end which were filled with luminous radium paint, enclosed with a spot of varnish on either side (indicating North), with another small hole at the other end. It had a larger hole at the centre through which you would tie a piece of string to suspend the compass.

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