Description: Own this important piece of history! The perfect gift for the history lover! Enigma Machine Lamp Panel (light bulb panel): The relic, ground-found Enigma lamp panel offered here was originally mounted inside a 3-rotor Enigma machine. This is an original Enigma lamp panel. The lamp panel is located just behind the keyboard and underneath the letter film on an Enigma machine. A light bulb was located under each letter. When a key is pressed on the Enigma machine, a single light bulb lights up, illuminating a given letter. This allowed the Enigma operator to identify encoded and decoded letters. The lamp panel was recovered in an area occupied by the German military near Volgograd, formerly known as Stalingrad. Condition:The lamp panel shows extensive damage from either an explosion or intentional destruction of the Enigma machine. The lamp panel measures approximately 9.5” x 2.5”. The lamp panel is in stable condition. The lamp panel has not been cleaned and is in “as-found” condition. No light bulbs accompany this relic. The lamp panel is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity from Enigma Museum. The lamp panel is further accompanied by a signed copy of Dr. Thomas Perera’s book, Inside Enigma. History:The Enigma machine was the primary cipher machine for all branches of the German military from 1932 to the end of the war in May 1945. Successful code breaking by Polish mathematicians in the 1930s and the British and American efforts that followed allowed the Allies to read Enigma messages throughout the war. Breaking the Enigma codes significantly shortened the war and saved thousands of lives. In addition, the very first computers were developed to defeat German cipher machines. Breaking the Enigma codes contributed to the Allied success in World War II and the birth of the computer age. The Germans did not know that the Enigma codes had been broken therefore, they did not want Enigma machines to be captured by the Allies. There were standing orders to destroy Enigma machines rather than let them fall into Allied hands. If a German position was about to be overrun by Allied forces or preparing to surrender, all Enigma machines and their rotors were intentionally destroyed. Due to these orders and battle damage, 99% of all Enigma machines were destroyed by the end of World War II.(Enigma Museum)
Price: 825 USD
Location: Hancock, Vermont
End Time: 2024-11-21T16:26:23.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Conflict: WW II (1939-45)
Original/Reproduction: Original
Theme: Militaria
Region of Origin: Germany
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
