Standard WW2 Lighter, I think not, perhaps SOE

[CampX]

this item came out of an old SOE collection, still unsure of what it's function is.
This is marked by a well known lighter maker, so it does really conceal the items inside.

If anyone has any idea what it is for, I would love to hear your ideas.

Dean O
Canada

[RKKAFan]

Its a lighter.

COLIBRI

[CampX]

OK, I know it is a lighter, however why are the other parts hidden in the bottom of it, the large brass piece as well as the 2 differant sized split pin, not to mention the bit that looks like a firing pin, and as you can see 3 grooves near the bottom, I have researched these lighters, but have never seen these hidden items before..and the spring stops the other items from rattling around...so RKKAFAN please explain those items.

Dean
Canada

[Wagriff]

Lock picks, of some sort? Although,perhaps,....the brass bit could be assembled into a compass balancing the one pin in the center hole and balancing the other on it? Brass would be needed, of course, to get around being magnetized by the small bits...

A disgustingly tiny and un-enlargeable photo of a similar looking lighter is displayed on this page with the caption of it having a tiny compass concealed in it. The escape and evasion material for Allied airmen

[Australia]

Definitely a firing pin and bolt part .

[kradman]

I was thinking also parts look like a firing pin and bolt part