SOE / Engineers Gun cotton primer tube.

Very nice example of a Gun Cotton primer tube.
No damage on the outside.
String is dated, and included.
Not much of the tubes are available.  read more

Code: 108

Fog Sinal tin

Very nice tin to store Fog signals.
This type of tin is the second model.
4 items were stored in this tin.
Overall in good condition.
There is one extra picture from Eric Pierret s book about dropped SOE items.  read more

Code: 107

SOE copper tube igniters

Set of 3 copper tube igniters.
With 2 wrappers
Made to ignite safety fuse.
These items were packed in little tins, and dropped for the resistance movements in occupied Europe.  read more

Code: 103

SOE plastic container for dets

Little plastic container to store dets or copper tube igniters.
Very nice condition.
The little felt disc still inside the container.
Good item for a SOE or Engineers collection.  read more

Code: 104

SOE Sealing caps. set of 3.

These sealing caps were used to make the safety fuse water proof.
A little Vaseline or Sealing compoud was put inside, then the sealing cap was crimped on to the Safetyfuse.
New mint condition.  read more

Code: 105

SOE Primer tube

Primer tube used by the Engineers, but also dropped by the SOE to support the resistance groups in occupied Europe.
Tube was filled with 10 primers, these were used to ignite the plastic explosives , blowing up railway lines or buildings.
This type of primer was called, Composition Exploding Primer Field.
Label in very nice condition.  read more

Code: 102

Time pencil tin British

Tin to store 5 time pencil,s
Overall in good condition.
British made also dropped for the resistance groups in occupied Europe.
Batch number on the front is still visible  read more

Code: 97

SOE Tin with copper tube igniters.

This tin contains 6 Copper tube igniters.
These were used to crimp on the Black safety fuse.
So in the field is was easy to lit the safety fuse.
Tin is in mint unused condition.
Also a hard to find item today.  read more

Code: 94

SOE safety fuse tin.

Nice example of the well known tin to store 48 feet of black powder safety fuse.
Tin in nice condition, dated 12-1944.
This tin came from a dropping in Norway.
Not easy to find.

Used by resistance fighters, but these tins were also used by Engineers.  read more

Code: 95

SOE Vaseline tube

Very nice SOE vaseline tube.
Hard to find item today.
This tube has a little hole on top.
Tube is empty.
In the range of SOE items, very hard to find.
It is a bigger tube than the Abrassive paste, who also have a different top.  read more

Code: 93