Gold Coin Survival Kit
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940s
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) gold coin survival kit
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, ca 1940s
label: Description (Brief)
content: 2015.0312.1a: Black rubber case, top with the inscription: IF FOUND RETURN TO COM NAV AIR LANT (CNAL 34) / NORFOLK, VIRGINIA / SERIAL NO. 1272
label: Description (Brief)
content: 2015.0312.1b: Black rubber case, bottom with the inscription: IF FOUND RETURN TO COM NAV AIR LANT (CNAL 34) / NORFOLK, VIRGINIA / SERIAL NO. 1272
label: Description (Brief)
content: 2015.0312.1c: Sovereign, Great Britain, 1927
label: Description (Brief)
content: 2015.0312.1d: 10 Francs, French Empire, 1860
label: Description (Brief)
content: 2015.0312.1e: 20 Francs, France, 1907
label: Description (Brief)
content: 2015.0312.1f: 1/2 Sovereign, Great Britain, 1892
label: Description (Brief)
content: 2015.0312.1g: 1/2 Sovereign, Great Britain, 1910
label: Description (Brief)
content: 2015.0312.1h: Gold Ring, Diamond Pattern on Band
label: Description (Brief)
content: 2015.0312.1i: Gold Ring, Leaf Pattern on Band
label: Description (Brief)
content: 2015.0312.1j: Gold Ring, Plain Band
label: Description (Brief)
content: General Information: Issued to U.S. Navy Pilots so that they could trade the enclosed gold coins and gold rings for food, shelter and safety if they were downed in Europe. Each set contains a British Sovereign and two Half Sovereigns, a French 10 Franc gold coin, a French 20 Franc gold coin, and three 8-10kt gold rings. Each 5-piece set is housed in a 4 1/2" x 4" 2-part waterproof rubber casing with a unique serial number on the inside and outside of the box. The outer rubber casing is inscribed: "If found return to ComNavAirLant (CONAL 34) Norfolk, Virginia."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Jeff Garrett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0312.1
label: accession number
content: 2015.0312
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0312.1
label: serial number
content: 1272
objectType: label: Object Name
content: survival kit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rubber (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (coins material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (rings material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11.3 cm x 9.4 cm x 2 cm; 4 7/16 in x 3 11/16 in x 25/32 in