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A rare WW2 female assassin's dagger - disguised as a hairbrush - has been donated to a museum.<br/><br/>The hairbrush was donated to House on the Hill museum as part of a collection of WW2 items after the owner passed away.<br/><br/>The hairbrush contains a concealed dagger in the handle and was owned by a member of the Special Operations Executive (SOE).<br/><br/>It was a British organisation formed in 1940 to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in German-occupied Europe.<br/><br/>The agent who owned the brush, Maria Krystyna Janina Skarbek, played a 'femme fatale' role.<br/><br/>Her job was to lure German officers and high ranking targets into her room before killing them.<br/><br/>Maria Krystyna - a Polish woman, who became a British agent months before the SOE was founded - was one of Britain's longest-serving female wartime agents.<br/><br/>In December 1946 she legally changed her name to Christine Granville.<br/><br/>The museum's owner, Jeremy Goldsmith, said: \
A rare WW2 female assassin's dagger - disguised as a hairbrush - has been donated to a museum.<br/><br/>The hairbrush was donated to House on the Hill museum as part of a collection of WW2 items after the owner passed away.<br/><br/>The hairbrush contains a concealed dagger in the handle and was owned by a member of the Special Operations Executive (SOE).<br/><br/>It was a British organisation formed in 1940 to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in German-occupied Europe.<br/><br/>The agent who owned the brush, Maria Krystyna Janina Skarbek, played a 'femme fatale' role.<br/><br/>Her job was to lure German officers and high ranking targets into her room before killing them.<br/><br/>Maria Krystyna - a Polish woman, who became a British agent months before the SOE was founded - was one of Britain's longest-serving female wartime agents.<br/><br/>In December 1946 she legally changed her name to Christine Granville.<br/><br/>The museum's owner, Jeremy Goldsmith, said: \
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