Wrist compass from pilot survival vest owned by Charles F. Bolden
date: label: Date
content: ca. 2000
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr., American, born 1946
notes: label: Caption
content: Charles F. Bolden graduated from the Naval Academy in 1968 and become a Marine Corps aviator, flying more than 100 combat missions over Southeast Asia. In 1980 he was selected a NASA astronaut and flew four space missions. Bolden was eventually appointed the 12th Administrator of NASA. He retired in 2003 as a major general.
label: Description
content: A black plastic wrist compass attached to the survival vest (2014.243.34.1) owned by Charles F. Bolden. The compass has an adjustable nylon wrist band and black face with white lettering which glows in the dark. Compass has black wrist band. The compass is tied to a piece of white cord which attaches to the bottom of a pocket on the PL side of the vest.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Aeronautics
label: Topic
content: Military
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr., USMC (Ret)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.243.34.8
objectType: label: Type
content: compasses (direction indicators)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: plastic, nylon, metal
label: Dimensions
content: 3 9/16 × 15/16 × 1 1/2 in. (9 × 2.4 × 3.8 cm)