Lot No. 1071


ENIGMA I, Enciphering Machine (CH.11a), Berlin 1944,


a rare German three-rotor enciphering Machine made by Heimsoeth und Rinke oHG, Berlin, 1944, serial no. 20485, makers plate stamped “A / 20485 / jla / 44” with the original I, II and III bakelite rotors (all numbered A 20485), UKW (Umkehrwalze) B, QWERTZ keyboard, light bulb board, ebonite plug board, the oak carrying wood case with instruction manual (“Zur Beachtung!”) and two cables in lid, fall front inscribed “Klappe / schließen”. The case when closed c. 34 x 28 x 15,5 cm.

Provenance:
German private collection

Specialist: Simon Weber-Unger Simon Weber-Unger
+43-1-515 60-269

simon.weber@dorotheum.at

25.04.2024 - 13:00

Realized price: **
EUR 143,000.-
Estimate:
EUR 60,000.- to EUR 120,000.-

ENIGMA I, Enciphering Machine (CH.11a), Berlin 1944,


a rare German three-rotor enciphering Machine made by Heimsoeth und Rinke oHG, Berlin, 1944, serial no. 20485, makers plate stamped “A / 20485 / jla / 44” with the original I, II and III bakelite rotors (all numbered A 20485), UKW (Umkehrwalze) B, QWERTZ keyboard, light bulb board, ebonite plug board, the oak carrying wood case with instruction manual (“Zur Beachtung!”) and two cables in lid, fall front inscribed “Klappe / schließen”. The case when closed c. 34 x 28 x 15,5 cm.

Provenance:
German private collection

Specialist: Simon Weber-Unger Simon Weber-Unger
+43-1-515 60-269

simon.weber@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Furniture, Works of Art, Glass & Porcelain
Auction type: Saleroom auction with Live Bidding
Date: 25.04.2024 - 13:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 13.04. -25.04.2024


** Purchase price incl. charges and taxes

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