A secure office safe door - heavy steel slab, central combination dial, spoked turn-wheel handle, riveted edges. Fragment only, sized to drop into an office vignette. Period: Cold War, c. 1947-1991.
Classified material in the Aquarium and abroad was held in safes - free-standing or wall-mounted - with combination dials, key locks, and tamper seals. Soviet office safes were heavy, plain, and entirely unromantic: industrial steel boxes that did the job.
Painting tips
- Door: muted grey-green or near-black steel.
- Combination dial: bare-metal ring around a pale numbered face.
- Wheel handle: dark steel with bare-metal edge polish.
- Rivets: tiny bare-metal dots.
Historical sources & further reading
- Soviet office security equipment
- Cold War archive room iconography
⚠ Small parts. Not suitable for children under 14.





