Original British WWII Escape Coin Given to RAF Pilots- Dated 1940 Category_Accessories in both single-and double-action models

in both single-and double-action models

it remained in use in many North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries and elsewhere for much longer

Original Item: A spring scale was supplied with Vickers and Lewis guns for weighing the tension on the cocking handle and for determining the friction of the recoiling parts

extracting the spent cartridge and ejecting it

the barrel slides forward to accommodate the copper rimfire cartridge

Original British WWII Escape Coin Given to RAF Pilots- Dated 1940 Category_Accessories in both single-and double-action modelsOriginal Item: Only One Item Available. This coin is a KING GEORGE VI HALF CROWN dated 1940, in those days called in "slang" half a dollar. In WW2 the conversion was $4. 00 USD to one pound sterling, today it's about $1. 65. This Half Crown or Two Shillings and Sixpence had been altered; attached to it was a semi circular blade apparently for use as a wire cutter. Heaven knows if this actually worked or if any of these coins ever saved a downed