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Originally Posted by Charlie585
Ref Button twisting,
don't forget to turn both ways as I have read that once the German guards cottoned on to hidden compasses in buttons the Allies simply reversed the threads which seemed to work.
Ry
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Interesting! - here is another take on the thread direction, from
http://www.britishbuttonsociety.org/2007AGMTalk.htm
"Gaunt (button makers) produced uniform buttons which unscrewed (left for the RAF and right for the Navy) to reveal a compass which enabled many serviceman to reach safety, often undertaking acts of sabotage along the way."
NB!!!!! a bit further down in the article:
"It is regretted that there are a considerable number of these and other compasses at the museum which are not on show, due to a requirement for them to be locked away in the radiation store owing to the paint used. "
I guess collecting badges is a lot safer!
Cheers, Ian.