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Compass and case   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Thomas Peacock Ltd
Title
Compass and case
Object type Women in history; aviation
Classification: NM3.9593
Description
English: Pocket compass used by Jean Batten for world record flight to New Zealand, 1936. Brass compass made by or retailed by T Peacock and Son, Auckland. Associated with Jean Batten on her historic England - NZ flight material- leather brass, steel, felt. colour- brown brass, black white red. case- compass case is an egg shaped pouch of brown leather, a small belt buckle runs a top the lid. The case is held together with cotton stitching. compass- the compass has a hinged lid with a small glass window. On the outside edge of the compass are the numbers 1-34 and N.S.E.W. Inside the compass is a glass cover and a revolving plate with W and E and numbering of 360 degrees in 10 and 20 numberings. A brass suspension hoop is attached to the top of the compass. Engraved on the compass lid is- T. PEACOCK and SON - AUCKLAND - N.Z.
Date George V (1910 - 1936)-House of Windsor-English reign; 1974; Pre 1936; 1936
Dimensions

height: 20mm
width: 54mm
depth: 100mm
height: 35mm
depth: 80mm
width: 80mm

notes: .1 h x w x d: 20mm x 54mm x 80mm .2 h x w x d: 35mm x 80mm x 100mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
1974.103.10
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1974.103.10, col.3293, 1990.138
Notes

"Pocket compass used by Jean Batten for world record flight to New Zealand, 1936". Reputedly used by Jean Batten on her 1936 England - New Zealand flight. Presumably not the compass used by Jean a year earlier in a record flight between England and South America when she overcome problems of a failed compass, constant storms and a petrol leak.

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