Derwent WW2 Secret Map Pencil and Accessories Set

• This secret pencil with a map and compass from the Second World War has been created exclusively for the Keswick Pencil Museum.
• In 1942, Charles Fraser Smith, who worked for MI9, arrived at the Cumberland Pencil Factory with a puzzle for the management to solve.
• He had the idea of creating a secret pencil with a map and compass. These pencils were issued to Lancaster bomber pilots during the Second World War and were manufactured in secret, under the Official Secrets Act, in Keswick between 1939 and 1945.
• This set comes in a wooden box and includes:
• - 1 complete pencil
• - 1 pencil body
• - 1 mini compass
• - 1 eraser
• - 1 pencil case
• - 1 map of Keswick.

Brand: Derwent.