A rare original WWII Second World War MI9 issued Merlin ' Spy ' sub-mini miniature camera. Rarer blue version. As made in 1936 by United Optical Instruments Co. in Essex, and issued to all SOE agents as part of their kit. The miniature camera appears to be in working order (but is naturally untested). A rare piece of spying / special agent related kit. The Merlin is a cast metal subminiature camera using special 20mm roll film. A roll of film yields seven 18x18mm frames. It was made by United Optical Instruments of Southend-on-Sea, England - possibly in the late 1930s. It has a single-speed shutter and a fixed-focus f/16 lens. The body had a flip-up frame viewfinder, and was finished in a crackle-effect paint, available in red, blue, green and black.
A rare original WWII Second World War MI9 issued Merlin ' Spy ' sub-mini miniature camera. Rarer blue version. As made in 1936 by United Optical Instruments Co. in Essex, and issued to all SOE agents as part of their kit. The miniature camera appears to be in working order (but is naturally untested). A rare piece of spying / special agent related kit. The Merlin is a cast metal subminiature camera using special 20mm roll film. A roll of film yields seven 18x18mm frames. It was made by United Optical Instruments of Southend-on-Sea, England - possibly in the late 1930s. It has a single-speed shutter and a fixed-focus f/16 lens. The body had a flip-up frame viewfinder, and was finished in a crackle-effect paint, available in red, blue, green and black.
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