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Spy Memorabilia Collecting




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You may be wondering what is the purpose of intelligence or counter-intelligence services. Do their spies just kill other spies? Well, for those un-initiated the primary tasks of an intelligence agent are recruiting moles and mainly acquiring information and passing it on to the handler.


The job of the handler is to pass it to the analysts who will convert billions of bits of data into useful intelligence product. The finished intelligence products are classified information needed by military and political leaders to make better decisions and consequently shape international foreign policies.


The purpose of their work is to prevent war or any military surprises. Through their brave and patriotic work we have avoided going over the threshold of a hot war.


The staple of the spy trade is tradecraft. Tradecraft is the term use for the methods, devices and techniques applied by the spy in clandestine intelligence operations. These devices are mainly concealment devices, objects used to hide top secret documents. These are the most sought after collectibles in the spy memorabilia collecting.


Specifically the espionage artifacts before and during the Cold War are the best ones. Like the Steineck wristwatch camera used by the U.S. Air Force intelligence officers in the 1950’s, The World War ll tool kit which includes a sabateur’s fountain pen which conceals igniters for detonating explosives, Stasi pens which hides a microdot viewer, eyeglass case, cigarette lighter and pack that conceal cameras and ashtray, globe and phone that serve as listening devices.


These are really interesting and intriguing collectibles because it made used of human ingenuity but at the same time limited by human frailties.


These are real world spy artifacts. On the other hand the fictional spy characters James Bond, Maxwell Smart and Austin Powers collectibles have also a wide following but these are just, you know fictional.


There are a garden variety of espionage board games between 1930’s and 1970’s you can collect. Or you might want to start collecting memorabilia of your favorite real world spy like Kim Philby, John Walker and the notorious Alrich Ames.


There are lots of books on the subject and plenty of spy museums to visit. You can do extensive research because you have to get an understanding of how spies operate in order to understand and know what spy equipments look like for they were used secretly at that time.
The great seal above is actually a bugging device.
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