ENIGMA I, a Rare German Three-Rotor Enciphering Machine
Made by Heimsoeth und Rinke oHG, Berlin c. 1940, serial no. A 8242 (numbered on metal label and inside of the machine), makers label “Chiffriermaschinen Gesellschaft / Heimsoeth und Rinke / Berlin W. 35 Ludendorffstraße 6”, UKW (Umkehrwalze) B, three aluminium/bakelite rotors (I, III, and IV) numbered A14440, A14437, and A14441, QWERTZ keyboard, light bulb board („Nur Glühlampen mit 12 mm Durchmesser verwenden.“ / Kabelprüfung / Lampen-prüfung“), ebonite plug board, later wood case. Damages, hinged rotor cover broken. The case when closed height: 15 cm, width 28,5 cm, depth 34 cm, the Enigma height: 13,5 cm, width 25,5 cm, depth 29 cm (WU)
Provenance:
Inventory label (after 1945) Austrian “Post- u. Tel. Verwaltung, Fernmelde-betriebsamt, Abteilung Funktechnik, Nr. B 4/1.“; Austrian Private Collection.
Specialist: Simon Weber-Unger
Simon Weber-Unger
+43-1-515 60-269
simon.weber@dorotheum.at
04.11.2021 - 14:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 149,250.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 30,000.- to EUR 50,000.-
ENIGMA I, a Rare German Three-Rotor Enciphering Machine
Made by Heimsoeth und Rinke oHG, Berlin c. 1940, serial no. A 8242 (numbered on metal label and inside of the machine), makers label “Chiffriermaschinen Gesellschaft / Heimsoeth und Rinke / Berlin W. 35 Ludendorffstraße 6”, UKW (Umkehrwalze) B, three aluminium/bakelite rotors (I, III, and IV) numbered A14440, A14437, and A14441, QWERTZ keyboard, light bulb board („Nur Glühlampen mit 12 mm Durchmesser verwenden.“ / Kabelprüfung / Lampen-prüfung“), ebonite plug board, later wood case. Damages, hinged rotor cover broken. The case when closed height: 15 cm, width 28,5 cm, depth 34 cm, the Enigma height: 13,5 cm, width 25,5 cm, depth 29 cm (WU)
Provenance:
Inventory label (after 1945) Austrian “Post- u. Tel. Verwaltung, Fernmelde-betriebsamt, Abteilung Funktechnik, Nr. B 4/1.“; Austrian 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; Glas and Porcelain |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction with Live Bidding |
| Date: | 04.11.2021 - 14:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 28.10. - 04.11.2021 |
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