Wow — an online auction for what appears to be a legit Enigma machine. As the Wikipedia entry explains:

In the history of cryptography, the Enigma was a portable cipher machine used to encrypt and decrypt secret messages. More precisely, Enigma was a family of related electro-mechanical rotor machines — comprising a variety of different models.The Enigma was used commercially from the early 1920s on, and was also adopted by the military and governmental services of a number of nations — most famously by Nazi Germany before and during World War II.

Link to auction for “Enigma 3 Walzen Chiffriermaschine Chiper Weltkrieg 1941.” Which, in case you’re wondering, is said to be “ORIGINAL!!! KEIN NACHBAU!!! VOLL FUNKTIONSTÜCHTIG!!!!” If my math’s right, bidding is around US$12K right now. (Danke, Jake Appelbaum)

Reader comment: Tom says,

Here’s the english version of the enigma machine on ebay…a little easier to understand!

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