Pocket Compass
date: label: date made
content: around 1915
name: label: maker
content: Cruchon & Emons
notes: label: Description
content: This small sighting compass made for military use during World War I is so designed that, with the lid up, one can look at the target ahead and, by means of a polished brass plate, at the scale below. The inscription on the top of the brass case reads “U.S. ENGINEER CORPS.” Those on the bottom read “CRUCHON & EMONS / BERNE” and “68920.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Switzerland: Bern
topic: label: Subject
content: World War I
label: related event
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: University of Missouri-Columbia
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.333655
label: catalog number
content: 333655
label: accession number
content: 300659
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pocket Compass
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 13/16 in x 2 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 2.06375 cm x 5.715 cm x 8.255 cm