WW2 RAF Fly Button Escape Compass WW2 RAF Fly Button Escape Compass

WW2 RAF Fly Button Escape Compass

This version shown here is assembled from two separate brass buttons that were part of the RAF uniform. More specifically, these were trouser fly buttons.
The bottom button has a tiny needle in the middle that projects upwards. When balanced on the needle, the top button rotates in the earth's magnetic field until the two radioluminescent dots (the upper right corner in the photo above right) indicate north. The single dot points south.

Code: 440

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