Lot 6509

Postwar, MCR-1 Bg Cold War spy receiver, complete set up, with original bags, serial number: 6, very rare radio MCR-1 Bg 1 was a valve-based clandestine receiver, manufactured in the late 1950s by Philips subsidary MBLE in Belgium, for use by Special Forces (SF) and Stay-Behind Organisations (SBO) during the Cold War. The receiver is basically a copy of the popular British SOE WWII MCR-1 receiver, only approximately 150 made