Description
After the Surigao Strait
"1942--O-477115
Just wind it and it works
and has a few moth nips
which is marked LAMINATED STEEL to indicate how it was forged
Original Japanese WWII Imperial Japanese Navy Lifeboat Binnacle and Compass “Model 2” - Dated 1944 German Field Equipment After the Surigao StraitOriginal Item: Only One Available. A binnacle is a waist high case or stand on the deck of a ship, generally mounted in front of the helmsman, in which navigational instruments are placed for easy and quick reference as well as to protect the delicate instruments. Its traditional purpose was to hold the ship's magnetic compass, mounted in gimbals to keep it level while the ship pitched and rolled. A binnacle may be subdivided into sections and its