Fabulous SOE / Escape and Evasion Gillette Shaving Kit with hidden Dagger, Compass and Hacksaw Blade

This is one of best SOE/Escape and Evasion items we have seen.

 This SOE / Escape and Evasion pice is a Gillette Shaving Kit with hidden Dagger, Compass and Hacksaw Blade is superb. Made by Gillette it was issued to SOE Operatives and Airmen.

It is a standard Gillette shaving kit BUT features a hidden compartment that contains a compass and a dagger that screws into the razor handle to form an assassination dagger.

We also did not know that it had the hidden hacksaw blade hidden in the compartment in the lid until we noticed a loose part of the lining which pulls open to reveal the large hacksaw blade.

A superb piece of Spy kit from WW2

Setting Europe Ablaze.

In June 1940, a new volunteer force - the Special Operations Executive (SOE) - was set up to wage a secret war. Its agents were mainly tasked with sabotage and subversion behind enemy lines. They had an influential supporter in Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who famously ordered them to 'set Europe ablaze!'

SOE's director of operations was Commando officer Brigadier Colin Gubbins whose interest in irregular warfare originated from his service during the Irish War of Independence (1919-21). Gubbins had also been involved in planning to establish a sabotage force to work behind the lines during any German invasion of Britain.

Gubbins’s approach to warfare included blowing up trains, bridges and factories, as well as fostering revolt and guerrilla warfare in enemy-occupied countries.

After completing a gruelling training regime, SOE agents were parachuted into occupied Europe and the Far East to work with resistance movements. Many were serving soldiers, often with Commando training, but others joined directly from civilian life.

Women also joined up. Some were enlisted in the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) to disguise their secret work. These were the only women permitted a combat role during the Second World War.

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