'Cole Pattern' sun compass with vertical gnomon on adjustable metal fixtures
- Made:
- 1939-1945 in United Kingdom
- inventor:
- J Cole
'Cole Pattern' sun compass with vertical gnomon on adjustable metal fixtures, used for directing armoured vehicles in the Libyan desert during the Second World War, unsigned, British, 1939-1946
Details
- Category:
- Navigation
- Object Number:
- 1946-5
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), stainless steel, metal (unknown), paint and spirit
- Measurements:
-
with stand: 217 mm 204 mm, 2.705kg
- type:
- sun compass
- credit:
- Board of Admiralty