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This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
United States of America
INSTRUMENTS-Navigational
Star Compass Co.
Panel and shock mounted, instrument with black-coated, metal body radium paint on face.
3-D: 12.7 × 8.9 × 11.7cm (5 × 3 1/2 × 4 5/8 in.)
HAZMAT: Cadmium PlatingAluminumCopper AlloyGlassCoatingFluidRubber
A20030062000
Gift of Marilyn Harper.
National Air and Space Museum
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