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description

Physical description

Disc shaped with knurled edge, short curved blade deployed by means of lever extending from its upper edge.

Label

This device was issued by the British Special Operations Executive. It consisted of a steel disc with a knurled edge, within which was contained a short blade wich could be deployed by means of a lever projecting from its top edge. During a cursory search the device might be mistaken for a coin. However, the blade must have been of doubtful utility against thick-walled military vehicle tyres. This particular tyre-slasher was issued to one of the most famous of SOE's agents: Wing Commander F F E Yeo-Thomas GC.

History note

Part of the Yeo Thomas Collection

Object details

Category

Weapons and ammunition

Related period

Second World War (association)

Materials

whole: metal

Dimensions

Whole (blade Opened): Height 58 mm

whole: Width 37 mm, 5

Catalogue number

WEA 3040

tyre slasher, SOE issue

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