Compass Model IV Cufflinks

Compass shirt cufflinks. Anti-allergic and enamelled rhodium-plated steel cufflinks .

Little is known about the origin of the compass, although the Chinese claim that they had invented it more than 2,500 years before Christ. And it is likely that it was used in the countries of East Asia around the third century of the Christian era. And there are those who believe that a millennium later, Marco Polo introduced it to Europe. The Chinese used a small piece of reed containing a magnetic needle that was floated on the water, thus indicating magnetic north.