KGB Spy Handbag Camera *

Russian KGB device for taking clandestine photographs, black Ladies' handbag equipped with a FED 35mm-camera with standard lens FED 3.5/50mm. Serial no.of the device: 25053. Partly disassembled FED camera body and lens (rangefinder housing removed, lens front removed) set into a sturdy mechanism that offers film transportation and shutter release by pressing the handbag. The mechanism is quite well made of aluminium and generally functional, but needs adjustment. When the release point in the lower part of the handbag’s front is pressed, a hole in the bag’s front opens and the photograph is taken, pressing the lower part of the small side of the bag then transports the film. The opening for the lens is decorated with a brass bee ornament of some 6cm in diameter, the opening itself is about 13mm.