"MINIFON PROTONA" SPY TAPE RECORDER

Throughout the 1950's, the West German company, Protona GMBH of Hamburg, produced the Minifon pocket tape recorder. This set was clearly intended for clandestine recording, though the recorder was marketed to the "business man". The 50's were the height of the Cold War, and equipment such as this would have been of great interest within the intelligence community.