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Dry Card Compass with Binnacle - click to enlarge

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Dry Card Compass with Binnacle

Catalogue number:
PH*316698

Inscriptions:
"NO 350"

Dimensions:
diameter 13.4 cm.

Discussion:
This compass, a Japanese copy of an English instrument, was taken from a captured Japanese ship during World War II. The U.S. Naval Gun Factory lent it to the Smithsonian in 1959.

Further Information:

Compass

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