Some Other Related Equipment

Enigma Machine, Closed	Enigma Machine	3 Rotor Enigma Machine	Enigma Machine Instructions Plate
Enigma Machine Plug Panel	The Enigma Machines There have been many volumes of material written about these machines so I will not devote much time or space to them. Suffice it to say that these sets were Electro-mechanical coding machines in which an electrical circuit was passed through a keyboard, a plug board, several rotors and through a reflector and back through the rotors to a series of lamps. Each time a key was pressed, the rotors advanced. Thus the same letter would never appear twice as the same letter. Pressing the letter A might result in the letter H appearing and the next time the letter A was pressed it might show up as the letter Q. Considered an un breakable code by the Germans, it was broken by personnel working at Station X in Bletchley Park, England. The intelligence thus gained was passed along to the top allied commanders. The most common of these sets are the three rotor sets, used by the army and the Luftwaffe. These sets still turn up and sell for between $10,000.00 and $15,000.00 US dollars.Recently a three rotor set, missing the rotors sold for $8,000.00 The four rotor sets, made code breaking more difficult but eventually these were successfully de-crypted. These were used on German submarines. These also turn up at auctions, selling for upwards of $25,000.00 U.S. dollars. Not exactly an item for a poor collector! Swiss NEMA Machine These were made in the post war period and are copies of the WW II Enigma. They also turn up at auctions, selling for between $4,000.00 and $8,000.00 U.S. dollars. Still not exactly an item for a poor collector!
Enigma Machine Rotors
Swiss NEMA Machine	Hellschriber		Polish 3 Rotor Enigma Machine

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