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It is a code-breaking test to suit the aspiring spy.
A pair of cufflinks believed to have belonged to Ian Fleming, and passed down through his family, bear an intriguing inscription.
The back of the cufflinks are inscribed with “WUS”, “SIL”, “UDH” and “NUF”. The meaning of the letters is a mystery.
Louise Dennis, the head of jewellery and watches at Mallams auctioneers in Oxford, said: “We contacted the Fleming estate and they couldn’t elaborate on the inscription. The family doesn’t know the meaning.
“Nobody seems to know. Maybe it was only Fleming himself who understood the significance of the letters.”
A photograph of Fleming at the afterparty for Dr No in 1962 appears to show him wearing the cultured pearl cufflinks.
The cufflinks were sold at auction on Wednesday for £5,700, several times their estimate. The anonymous buyer will now be among those attempting to crack the code.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/11/17/man-golden-cufflinks-can-crack-code-ian-flemings-jewels/
(Extra illustration of inscriptions at link.)
maximus otter
A pair of cufflinks believed to have belonged to Ian Fleming, and passed down through his family, bear an intriguing inscription.
The back of the cufflinks are inscribed with “WUS”, “SIL”, “UDH” and “NUF”. The meaning of the letters is a mystery.
Louise Dennis, the head of jewellery and watches at Mallams auctioneers in Oxford, said: “We contacted the Fleming estate and they couldn’t elaborate on the inscription. The family doesn’t know the meaning.
“Nobody seems to know. Maybe it was only Fleming himself who understood the significance of the letters.”
A photograph of Fleming at the afterparty for Dr No in 1962 appears to show him wearing the cultured pearl cufflinks.
The cufflinks were sold at auction on Wednesday for £5,700, several times their estimate. The anonymous buyer will now be among those attempting to crack the code.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/11/17/man-golden-cufflinks-can-crack-code-ian-flemings-jewels/
(Extra illustration of inscriptions at link.)
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