Real Espionage Gear/Royal Navy

sidneyfox

I was just wondering if any else collects "real" espionage gear to add to their collection? Also, if anyone has put together a few artefacts from James Bond's career in the Royal Navy?




Featured in this photo is a Concealment Coin capable of carrying a micro SD card or other forms of miniaturized information.

sidneyfox

Russian Spy Monocular

James Bond (Daniel Craig) served aboard the warship HMS Exeter and the nuclear submarine HMS Turbulence. Is there anywhere where I can get a patch of the vessel's crest?

Gadget Meister

HMS Turbulent

http://www.flagsandcrests.net/hms16.html

HMS Exeter

http://www.flagsandcrests.net/hms7.html

Google is your friend

The Domino Effect

I love the concealment coin! Never seen a modern example of this sort of thing. It would likely be difficult - and a bit scary - to try and explain that one at airport security in many countries today!

Asp9mm

I have a huge collection. One of my passions is collecting SOE equipment. I've got loads of stuff made for them from concealed knives and assassination spikes, to silenced Welrod, time fuses, sabotage equipment and letters. I'm going to start a thread about it soon as it's now known that Fleming based Bond's Secret Service and many characters in the books on SOE with whom he'd liaise regularly. Q-branch was based of SOE's penchant for concealed weapons and gadgets.

Gadget Meister

The coins can also be had in most currencies from magic shops, got several in the loft from when I used to dabble in conjuring. Now that's magic!

sruzgar

Where can you get the pound coins?

Thunderpussy

I too have several "coins" in the loft from my magic days
( along with the sparkly dress and high heels) any
On line magic suppliers will sell them. You can do some
Amazing effects with them.

Asp9mm

sruzgar wrote:

Where can you get the pound coins?

eBay. Look for hollow coins and double sided coins etc. They are made for the magic community and very well machined from real coins.

sruzgar

Asp9mm wrote:

sruzgar wrote:

Where can you get the pound coins?

eBay. Look for hollow coins and double sided coins etc. They are made for the magic community and very well machined from real coins.

Cheers old boy!

Asp9mm

Here's one of the coolest spy/assassination weapons we made. Still in use reportedly and still TOP SECRET despite everyone knowing about it. So silent it sounded like just someone snapping their fingers. The US eventually made their own version. But it wasn't as good Much smaller than it looks. The British Welrod...

The Domino Effect

That's just a caulking gun sprayed green! You can't fool me!

Thffffft.


thump.....

Gadget Meister

Very nice Jonathon, deact?

minigeff

Something beautifully elegant about the simplistic design of the welrod. Simple, yet very effective.

Asp9mm

Gadget Meister wrote:

Very nice Jonathon, deact?

Yeah, the very nature of what it is and how it works makes it illegal in pretty much all countries.

Tecolote

Asp9mm, is that one a .32 or 9mm?

Regards,

Tecolote

Asp9mm

It's a .32. A MK IIA

sidneyfox

Gadget Meister thanks for the links! That was very helpful.

As for finding Concealment Coins, just go on eBay. You can find them in English Pounds, Australian Roos, Euros and American Quarters and Half Dollars. You can also find American coins and a few other interesting items at the International Spy Museum's (Washington, DC) on-line gift shop.

Asp9mm-Thanks for sharing the photo. I have a few books on the SOE and OSS and always wanted a few of their equipment items for a WW2 display. Fascinating aspect of the war that no one really know about.

sidneyfox

Royal Navy Commander Shoulder Bars and Special Boat Service patch.
Now to research what ribbons and medals James Bond (Daniel Craig) would have received during his service career in the Royal Navy and Marines.

Asp9mm

sidneyfox wrote:

Asp9mm-Thanks for sharing the photo. I have a few books on the SOE and OSS and always wanted a few of their equipment items for a WW2 display. Fascinating aspect of the war that no one really know about.

I'm going to start a thread devoted to SOE and OSS given the close association and influence it had on Fleming. I've been collecting SOE items for years and it would be good to showcase the things used and the items Fleming himself would have been influenced by. It's now known that 'M' was head of the SOE and knew Fleming well, so it has stronger connections to the literary Bond than MI:6.

Gadget Meister

Your wish Sydney

http://www.ajb007.co.uk/topic/34004/bonds-medals-in-yolt/

I have them all made up on ribbon bars

Bond44

sidneyfox wrote:

Royal Navy Commander Shoulder Bars and Special Boat Service patch.
Now to research what ribbons and medals James Bond (Daniel Craig) would have received during his service career in the Royal Navy and Marines.

His bio may help as below for Military service

Bond conducted his year of Sea Service with high recommendations from his Chief Petty Officers and Warrant Officers. He applied for and was uniformly recommended for work in Naval Intelligence. Bond served as an intelligence officer on HMS Exeter both before and during Operation Granby, and later was able to transfer to submarine service, touring on the HMS Turbulent. His natural abilities, mental quickness and confidence impressed his commanding officers. Within the year of being assigned to HMS Turbulent, it became apparent that Bond was not being sufficiently challenged with his duties, so Bond volunteered for the Special Boat Service. Bond excelled at SC3 and Underwater and Aquatic Warfare training. He constantly equaled or bested his superior officers and instructors in all areas after nominal experience.

Bond earned the distinction of being the only candidate to entirely escape detection during the night limpet placement operation at Plymouth. There was some doubt as to whether Bond had actually accomplished the mission per the assignment until he demonstrated his rather ingenious method of eluding the underwater infra-red cameras and sonar systems in-place. His techniques were rapidly included in future training.

Upon completion of UAW training, Bond commenced Advanced Commando Parachute training at Brize Norton. A very dramatic incident occurred when Bond participated in the first group freefall exercise. At 900 meters the third jumper Lieutenant Cameron's ripcord pins jammed causing the main chute to malfunction, and he panicked. As the fourth jumper, Bond spotted Cameron, and at great personal risk, repositioned himself to aerially intercept Lt. Cameron at approximately 450 meters, and deploy Lt. Cameron's chute. Bond deployed at 250 meters. Lt. Cameron shattered his hip upon landing, although Bond escaped without serious injury.

Bond's record with training earned him placement with the 030 Special Forces Unit, rather than deployment as a swimmer-canoeist with the standard SBS Units in Poole. During further training with 030 SFU, Bond earned certifications for the operation of assault helicopters, Harrier-class jets, fixed wing aircraft, hovercrafts, marine assault vessels, armored vehicles, and other crafts. Bond served with distinction in the 030 Special Forces Unit. He proved adept at training other candidates, initiating athletic competitions, and fostering a creative environment. During his three-year tenure with the 030 SFU, Bond rose to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He saw covert service in Iraq, Somalia, Iran, Libya, and active service in Bosnia. Upon completion of his duties in Bosnia, where Bond was credited with saving the lives of nearly 100 men from a Serbian militia in one village. Bond was recruited by the RNR Defence Intelligence Group and awarded the rank of Commander.

Bond's work with the Defence Intelligence Group at Defence Intelligence and Security Centre, Chicksands, proved highly satisfactory, although his fellow officers noted Bond's rather casual attitude toward command structure and protocol. Bond's work provided vital intelligence during key moments with Libya, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Cyprus, Indonesia, China (during the Hong Kong handover) and North Korea. In Libya, Bond was able to secure detailed assessments of the status of the Libyan government's reputed financial ties to numerous terrorist organizations, as well as crucial information related to the settlement of issues related to the Pan Am 103 case. In Iraq, Bond was able to monitor Iraqi counter-moves to the UNSCOM (now UNMOVIC) inspections process during one key period. Bond undertook a particularly hazardous mission into Afghanistan to rescue a researcher deemed important to Her Majesty's government who was being imprisoned by the Taliban government. During the S-300 missile crisis in Cyprus, Bond helped undermine the Republic of Cyprus government's confidence, and, it is felt, helped bring a peaceful resolution to the matter. On occasions, Bond has been known to carry out high profile assassinations under Her Majesty's orders. During his tenure at the RNR DI Group, Bond attended specialized courses at Cambridge (where he achieved a first in Oriental Languages), Oxford and other institutions. Bond left the RNR DI Group after recruitment by MI6 at the age of 30.

Asp9mm

Nice nod to Fleming's 30 AU with Bond's posting to 030 SFU.

Bond44

I thought so too
I had seen the basic Bond Bio on the Omega site (but now appears to be gone) but this is taking it to a new level. Nicely put together I would say.

Glad his career mirrors my own :-)

Cheers :-)

sidneyfox

Thanks you so kindly Gadget Meister and Bond 44 for the reference material! Cheers!

Asp9mm

SOE equipment thread started...

http://www.ajb007.co.uk/topic/45415/soe-special-operations-executive/