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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Revello, post: 24574701, member: 103898&quot;]The item below is pending auction on Proxibid today.&nbsp; Have never heard of such escape kits issued by the US Govt, but in hindsight, makes sense.&nbsp; Very elaborate, imho.&nbsp; Total of about 0.9 troy oz of gold, sealed in a kit, for a downed pilot, as an example, to use as barter if needed during escape and evasion from the enemy.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Current owner, who purchased the kit in 1980 at a Defense Logistics Agency[ATTACH=full]1558943[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1558944[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1558945[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1558946[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1558947[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1558948[/ATTACH] sale, had to have X-rays taken to verify the contents (to the best he could, I guess, considering how specially sealed the kit is). </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.proxibid.com/WW2-AMERICAN-ESCAPE-EVASION-KIT-5-GOLD-COINS-3-RINGS-VERIFIED-CONTENTS-RARE/lotInformation/76275595" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.proxibid.com/WW2-AMERICAN-ESCAPE-EVASION-KIT-5-GOLD-COINS-3-RINGS-VERIFIED-CONTENTS-RARE/lotInformation/76275595" rel="nofollow">https://www.proxibid.com/WW2-AMERICAN-ESCAPE-EVASION-KIT-5-GOLD-COINS-3-RINGS-VERIFIED-CONTENTS-RARE/lotInformation/76275595</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1558942[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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