{"id":41232,"date":"2019-12-20T08:42:56","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T12:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=41232"},"modified":"2019-12-20T08:42:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T12:42:56","slug":"an-enigma-machine-just-fetched-over-106k-at-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/an-enigma-machine-just-fetched-over-106k-at-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"An Enigma machine just fetched over $106K at auction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Bloomberg.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A rare \u201cEnigma\u201d machine, used by Nazi Germany to create military communications code thought to be unbreakable, sold at auction for more than $106,000.<\/p>\n

The 28.5-pound cipher machine went to an internet buyer on Saturday, according to Heritage Auctions. It comes with operating instructions, a case with an engraved Third Reich emblem — and a rich lore including how British scientist Alan Turing helped crack the code.<\/p>\n

One of the unit\u2019s 26 light bulbs is broken, according to the\u00a0description.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the first time a Nazi code creator has traded hands for such a sum. In May, an Irish private collector swiped up a different encryption machine, known as the \u201cHitler mill\u201d because of its hand crank, for 98,000 euros ($109,000) from a Munich auctioneer, according to the Telegraph.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to continue reading the full article at Bloomberg.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

Click here to view the auction page.<\/a><\/p>\n

SWLing Post<\/em> contributor and friend, Dan Robinson, and I once visited the National Cryptological Museum<\/a> at Fort Meade and got to try our hand at using an Enigma machine. It’s an absolutely brilliant bit of mechanical engineering, of course. I highly recommend this museum to anyone interested in radio, computers or cryptography.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to learn about another fascinating bit of over-the-air WWII technology–the SIGSALY network–I strongly encourage you to check out this post from our archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Bloomberg.com) A rare \u201cEnigma\u201d machine, used by Nazi Germany to create military communications code thought to be unbreakable, sold at auction for more than $106,000. The 28.5-pound cipher machine went to an internet buyer on Saturday, according to Heritage Auctions. It comes with operating instructions, a case with an engraved Third Reich emblem — […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,288],"tags":[4184,676,1301],"class_list":["post-41232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radio-history","tag-enigma","tag-wwii","tag-wwii-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-aJ2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53513,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/decode-the-enigma-crypto-transmission-from-kph-on-saturday-july-23-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":41232,"position":0},"title":"Decode the Enigma: Crypto Transmission from KPH on Saturday, July 23, 2022","author":"Thomas","date":"July 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Maritime Radio Historical Society is hosting a brilliant on-the-air event via KPH. 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