India

Base Size      1.5 X 2"
Aquired        December 2ØØ3
From the E-Bay Description

"Spy-Type" Telegraph Test Set Key from the Indian Telegraph Service

This key is small enough to be called a "Spy Key", but it actually was used in the Indian Telegraph Service. It was part of a test set that workers used when climbing telegraph poles to determine where there was a problem with their telegraph lines.

The telegraph test set, of which the key was the major part, actually was designed to be strapped to the climber�s leg so that he could easily operate the key while on the pole.

This key is very small and would make an excellent, inexpensive addition to a key collection, or for use with a small QRP transceiver.

I found this key, and others like it, in a junk shop while traveling in India several years ago. Telegraphy is still being used in some rural parts of India on railroad lines.