Top secret British spy 'pen' weapon used by WWII agents appears up for sale A deadly three-in-one secret weapon British spies used to kill the enemy has sold for £4,050 after a bidding war.
The SOE was a British organisation formed in 1940 designed carry out espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in German-occupied Europe with the instruction to ‘set Europe ablaze’.
The seemingly unremarkable-looking pen was carried by a Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent behind enemy lines in World War Two.
Colonel Colin Gubbins, SOE’s first head of training and operations, organised in-depth training for recruits in unarmed combat, firearms, sabotage and wireless techniques.
The heroic men and women of the top secret organisation would risk life and limb to fight Hitler’s henchmen and worked closely with local resistance movements.
