World War II Weaponry

Interestingly enough, two innocuous prunes claimmilitary engagement and it was referred to as
to be accepted as one of the secret weapons of'the Baker Street Irregulars' after Sherlock
World War II period.Holmes' fictional group of spies.
Spink, an auction house in London, is selling twoIn a telephonic interview Marshall informed that his
graying prunes that it claims were chosen to begreat-aunt prepared the prunes in a large
stuffed with documents or other maps to bebathroom of her large house in Hampstead in
passed on to prisoners of war secretly. As partnorth London neighborhood.
of the memorabilia sheltered by a British spy theIn water the dried fruits were softened and then
prunes had been preserved.de-pitted to allow insertion of carefully rolled
According to Emily Jackson, the Spinkdocuments covered in waxed paper into cavities.
spokeswoman, the prunes are extremely dry andNext those were re-dried and packed in Red
hard and it is really astonishing that they haveCross food parcels for the prisoners who utilized
survived.the information to flee away. Quite an ingenious
The late Doreen Mulot, a previous member ofidea it was, Marshall said, but not at all a thing
Special Operations Executive of Britain, which wasnormally connected with fighting when war rages.
started to steer operations behind enemy lines,Marshall added that she had told him how she
had collected World War II memorabilia such asalong with an associate would be seated over the
these of which the prunes formed a part.bathtub that was filled with prunes.
The then British Prime Minister Winston ChurchillConfirmation came out from the auction house
and Hugh Dalton had established the executive tothat in any operation these prunes were never
carry on warfare by means other than directused.