Spies from the past decades were clearly creative with the way they hid weapons and tools.
Much of the gear housed at the International Spy Museum shows their tools were weird like Inspector Gadget more than sleek like James Bond.
There isn't much glamorous about a rectal storage compartment that holds 10 tools or a bulky pigeon camera.
![See the ingenious - and sometimes ridiculous - gadgets used by spies housed at](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/01/02/08/article-4081120-3BC5C3CA00000578-611_636x382.jpg)
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_11_coinart.jpg)
Hollow Coin
1950s-1990s
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_m94cipher.jpg)
M-94 Cipher Device
Circa 1922-1943
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_28_escape-boots.jpg)
Escape Boot
Circa 1939-1945
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_49_ringgun_2.jpg)
Ring Guns
19th Century
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_40_onetimesilk_2.jpg)
One-Time Pad (Silk)
Circa 1930-1940
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_5_lightercamera.jpg)
Lighter Camera
Late 1970s
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_22_gas-gun.jpg)
Gas Assassination Weapon
1950s
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_7_steineckwatch.jpg)
Steineck ABC Wristwatch Camera
Circa 1949
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/spy-museum/files/collections/t_rosege.jpg)
Rose O'Neal Greenhow Embroidery
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_15_anprc5suitcase.jpg)
Suitcase Radio, Model AN/PRC-5
Circa 1944-1945
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_8_cigconcealtessina.jpg)
Tessina Camera and Cigarette Case Concealment
1960s
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_32_briefcase-recorder.jpg)
Briefcase Recorder
1950s
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_17_microdotcameraart.jpg)
Microdot Camera
1960s
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_34_brassknuckles.jpg)
Brass Knuckles
1939-1947
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_18_concealmentring.jpg)
Concealment Ring for Microdots
1960s
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_1_minox.jpg)
Minox
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_42_codeashtray.jpg)
Secret Cipher Ashtray
Circa 1930-1940
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_21_glovepistol.jpg)
Glove Pistol
Circa 1942-1945
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_14_couriershoe.jpg)
Courier Shoes with Container
1980s
Confederate Civil War Cipher Disk
Circa 1862
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_46_coalcamo.jpg)
Coal Camouflage Kit and Explosive Coal
Circa 1942-1945
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_45_liberator.jpg)
Liberator Pistol with Ammunition and Manual
Circa 1942-1945
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/spy-museum/files/collections/t_carte-dident-4.jpg)
Virginia Hall Identification Document
Circa 1939-1955
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_3_hairbrushminox.jpg)
Hairbrush Concealment for Minox Camera
1960s-1970s
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_50_batteryconceal.jpg)
Battery Concealment with Three Tropel Camera Bodies
Late 1970s
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/spy-museum/files/collections/t_lockpickkit.jpg)
Lock Pick Kit
1970s
M-209 Cipher Machine
Circa 1943
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_39_gmanartcars2.jpg)
G-Men Toys
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_20_flashlightgun.jpg)
Flashlight Gun
1930s
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_23_pipepistol.jpg)
Tobacco Pipe Pistol
Circa 1939-1945
Smoking kills: This little pipe was a pistol used by the British Special Forces during World War II and could fire a a small projectile
John Walker Briefcase
Circa 1980s
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_13_deaddrop.jpg)
Dead Drop Spikes
1960s-1990s
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/spy-museum/files/collections/t_echo-8-lighter.jpg)
Echo 8 Lighter Camera
Japan, 1950s
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_38_pigeon_2.jpg)
Pigeon Camera
Pigeon photographer: This camera seems bulky by today's standards, but it was used to sneakily photograph fortifications in World War I
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_44_enigma_2.jpg)
Enigma Machine
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_30-bondcar.jpg)
Bond Car
![](https://www.spymuseum.org/files/collections/t_1777-washington-spy-letter-spy-museum-171-2.jpg)
George Washington Spy Letter
1777
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_29_rectalkit.jpg)
Rectal Tool Kit
1960s
Pain in the rear: This rectal unit sneakily stored up to 10 deadly tools
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_9_buttonhole-coat.jpg)
Buttonhole Camera, Model F-21
Circa 1970
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_16_shoetransmitter.jpg)
Shoe with Heel Transmitter
1960s-1970s
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_27_pencilcompass.jpg)
Pencil Clip Compass
Circa 1939-1945
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/spy-museum/files/collections/t_iraqi-most-wanted-cards-signed_l2014.jpg)
Iraqi “Most Wanted” Playing Cards
c. 2003
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_47_boobytrapgrenade.jpg)
Hand Grenade with Booby Trap Device
Circa 1942-1945
Time Delay Pencils
Circa 1943-1945
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_6_camerabriefcase.jpg)
Camera Concealed in Briefcase
1970s-1980s
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_35_cyanideeyeglasses.jpg)
Eyeglasses with Concealed Cyanide Pills
Circa 1975-1977
These glasses used by the CIA from 1975 to 1977 concealed cyanide pellets
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_spy-umbrella.png)
Bulgarian Umbrella
1978
This Bulgarian umbrella from 1978 killed dissident Georgi Markov on the streets of London by shooting a tiny poison pellet
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_4_pencamera.jpg)
Fountain Pen Camera
Late 1970s
![](https://spy-museum.s3.amazonaws.com/files/collections/t_19_lipstickart_2.jpg)
Lipstick Pistol
Circa 1965
Killer kisses: This harmless looking lipstick is actually a pistol used by the KGB in 1975
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