1945 NEMA Model 45 Enigma Cipher Crypto SPY Machine Start Price USD 10,999.99 Current Price USD 10,999.99 Time Left 7 days 19 hours 7 minutes Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, September 18, 2008 End Time Friday, January 16, 2009 Location Maryland, USA See more about '1945 NEMA Model 45 Enigma Cipher Crypto SPY Machine' Description Snyder's Treasures is pleased to offer An Original and Authentic Swiss NEMA Cipher Machine with War Wheels This is the real deal!! Informational note: (if you already know what you are looking at, you can safely skip past the BLACK text and get to the description of the machine). To many, cryptographic cipher machines are arcane and secretive technologies, shrouded in the mists of clandestine warfare and military intelligence. By their very nature, the machines and codes are secrets protected and coveted by friend and foe alike. By necessity and convention, many of the terms used to describe crypto machines are esoteric and often misleading, sometimes by design and intent, sometimes by simple ignorance or deliberate misconception. A prime example is the word "ENIGMA". The word itself is from the Latin aenigma derived from the Greek ainigma, from ainissesthai, ainig-, to speak in riddles with a dual definition as a noun (other than as a code name for a family of machines) 1. One that is puzzling, ambiguous, or inexplicable; 2. A perplexing speech or text; a riddle. In the context of the cryptographic sense, David H. Hamer, Geoff Sullivan and Frode Weierud (all noted and well-known cryptanalysts from England and Switzerland) in their white paper titled "Enigma Variations: An Extended Family of Machines" (Cryptologia, 22(3), July 1998, pp. 211-229) sought to unravel the mystery of the Enigma. The abstract of their article and a salient pull quote below indicate "Enigma" is not simply one machine. It is rather a family of machines all based on the same method of operation, using similar design technologies, with specific physical characteristics built to achieve the goal of encrypting and decrypting text messages. "ABSTRACT: Several previously unknown models of the Enigma machine have recently been discovered through archive research and inspection of machines in museum collections. The present knowledge about these machines, including both use and technical details, is presented. The paper shows that the Enigma was not one machine, but rather a family of machines built upon the principle of wired rotors with a fixed or rotatable reflector." "Enigma is too often considered to be a single machine notwithstanding the existence of both commercial and military models. We show that it was in fact a relatively large family of machines built around the same principle, wired wheels (rotors) with a fixed or rotatable Umkehrwalze (reflector)." The full article is available (PDF format) here. We hope this clarifies the use of specific, exact, and precise terminology in the description of this device. While the NEMA was implemented in Switzerland following WWII, it was designed and built during the war, based on lessons learned from the wartime Swiss Model K Enigma and its predecessors. This is a Swiss Tasten-Drücker-Maschine (T-D) cipher machine. It is the military model with the cipher rotors ("contact wheels") A, B, C, D, E, & F and stepping rotors ("notch rings") 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 & 22/1 ("red drive wheel"). All spares, cables, attachments are included and stored in the lid. Included are the original 1948 classified SECRET (declassified 1998) service manual (bi-lingual written in German and French). A photocopy of the SECRET (declassified 1992) Cipher Procedures manual is also included (also bi-lingual German and French. According to the article The Swiss NEMA Cipher Machine by Geoff Sullivan and Frode Weierund written for Cryptologia 23(4), October, 1999 which cites the Swiss Army Procurement Agency approved the machine in March 1945 and ordered 640 of them to be produced by Zellweger AD company of Uster (near Zurich) in April 1945. Serial numbers started at 100 and the last machines were numbered in the 740 range. This machine went into service in 1947 as the NEMA Model 45. For those interested in the function of the machine, there is an outstanding NEMA simulator written by Geoff Sullivan that duplicates the operation of the machine on any Windows based computer. It is available for download at Frode Weierund's CERN page here. The condition is excellent and near mint throughout, except as noted in the detailed descriptions below. A view of the machine in the normal operation mode, with all covers closed, counter reset, and rotor engaged. A view showing the rotor cover raised, showing the cipher wheels A view of the machine's internals, with the front cover of the machine raised to expose the lamps, rotor cage, and battery compartment. Battery is not present nor included. A view of the lid with the contents stowed, including the remote lamp board, power cables, spare lamps, two spare rotor covers (for the E and F rotors). There is a Bakelite lamp holder for a standard light bulb. There is a 1 inch piece broken on the Bakelite, however it is present and could be repaired easily. This is the original GEHEIM (SECRET) service manual, numbered and stamped as declassified by the Swiss government in 1998. Shown are the two military rotor assemblies, the E & F contact wheels with the attached 17 & 18 notched rings. The contact side of the E rotor and the notch side of the F rotor is shown. Same as above with the rotors turned to expose the opposite sides. A view of the all-metal case, closed with two numbered matching keys numbered to the T-D 442 set. The sticker indicates the machine is to be used only in the event of mobilization for war and similar instructions in German. It measures 13 inches wide, 14-1/2 inches deep and 5-3/4 inches high, as shown. The strap adds a bit the to the depth. There is some slight wear to the paint, most noticeable on the rivets, from storage and light handling. A view of the front showing the latch, lock, and leather carry strap. Shipping and handling to US places is $40 I have been in the business over 40 years and most collectors on the East Coast know me. I have been a Militaria Show promoter most of that time. I am a fair and honorable person. Winning bidder pays stated shipping and handling charges. Unless otherwise stated, there is a minimum $2.00 charge for insurance. If you DON'T want insurance, PLEASE tell us. Please make arrangements for payment within 10 days of the closing of the auction. 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