Cold War Cigarette-Lighter Spy Camera

C1950 Cigarette-Lighter Spy Camera employed by many of the intelligence agencies during the Cold War. Produced commercially in Japan these miniature cameras were widely adopted by the KGB and CIA amongst others. It has a fixed focus 17mm f8 lens and an instant shutter speed, holding the lighter to eye level to use the sports type viewfinder finder and depressing the shutter to make an exposure which is made through the hole to the side of the body.To maintain it's disguise half of the body is made up of a working lighter mechanism with refillable fuel tank. The camera was not meant to fool a thorough inspection but would certainly allow clandestine photography. In good and apparently working condition. Unusual and uncommon.

Code: 7536