RAF Type D Straight Morse Key Ref 10A/7373

An RAF Air Ministry Radio Operators' Morse Key Type D, as used in the Battle of Britain and for the duration of the Second World War. This Ground Station Key is one of the most under-valued keys of the collecting world and was made by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company for Air Ministry use and carries the Stores Reference Number 10A/7373. The back of the case has been cracked an period repa...  read more

Code: 51453

WW2 RAF Working Morse Practice Set - AM 10F/4067

An Air Ministry morse practice set Ref No 10F/4067. Originally used by RAF comms personal to practice their morse or increase transmission speeds. This particular set is in great working order having been adapted to take a modern 9v battery (included).  read more

Code: 51714

RAF Escape Swinger Compass - Petrol Lighter

A typical cylindrical brass petrol lighter with concealed swinger escape compass. The swinger compass is concealed under the cotton wadding.  read more

Code: 51471

SOE Clandestine Concealed Assassin Blade - Pen

An SOE concealed assassins blade. The blade is constructed of blued steel with a sharp pointed, the fluted blade measuring 13 cm. The top has a small hole threaded with cotton or twine bound around the top of the shaft. The dark 'treen' or wooden capsule takes on the appearance of a pen. Assassins blades were designed to be thrust just behind or in the ear of a victim.
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Code: 51409

WW2 Coronet Sub Miniature Spy Camera

A Coronet Midget / Miniature 16MM camera black bakelite case. Circa 1930. Made in Birmingham - UK.
Measures approx 63 x 30 mm. Matchbox used for size reference only.  read more

Code: 51417

WW2 1939 Dated Binoculars & 1939 Pat 37 Case

Good set of Kershaw MkII military bincocuars with graticules dated 1939 complete with leather strap.
The Pat 37 case is stamped M.E.Co 1939 and is in fantastic condition. Early matching sets are getting increasingly hard to find.  read more

Code: 51695

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Code: 51694

WW2 3 x BEF Censored Envelopes - May 1940 France

WW2 Three BEF Censored Evelopes - May 1940
Three 'field post' envelopes passed by the same censor No. 1528. All posted to a Mrs L. Williams, Cheshire, England. These would presumably have been posted from France during the retreat to Dunkirk as post dates are: 18-Apr, 28-Apr, 14-May 1940.
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Code: 51235

WW2 MAP - Poperinghe (Wormhout) Massacar

This map which includes the small helmet of Wormhout is synonymous with a now well known German atrocity that happened during the BEF retreat to Dunkirk. On the 28th May 1940 members of the Waffen-SS from the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler carried out the massacre of eighty British & French POW's during the Battle of France. This map is an official British War Office1937, Fourth ...  read more

Code: 50702

WW2 British Headphones Long Loom - 1938

A nice early set of British Army headphones with long loom. The bakelite earpieces are marked CHR SGB and SGB CLR respectively. The canvas head strap is made by Finnigans Ltd and dated 1938.  read more

Code: 51722