A trove of WW2 spy gadgets on show at the Imperial War Museum at the moment. Includes these feet, designed to be strapped backwards onto shoes, implying the wearer ran in the opposite direction on sand or mud: pic.twitter.com/2CvuqtOp1y— Simon Parkin (@SimonParkin) April 9, 2018
Also a major fan of this spy pipe, which is actually a revolver (note the trigger in the crook of the stem): pic.twitter.com/9ow58qywrV— Simon Parkin (@SimonParkin) April 9, 2018
What ho! Just a jolly little 1620s Italian siege helmet... pic.twitter.com/YDBYduMSKQ— Myko Clelland (@DapperHistorian) April 8, 2018
Mesopotamian Elephant, 3400-3000 BCE pic.twitter.com/khLtSZUqpx— Rabih Alameddine (@rabihalameddine) April 8, 2018