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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 Manuscripts
TL589.2.C6 E83 Flat
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
[Request]
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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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