Name: Pawn Stars: SUPER RARE WWII Code Breaking Machine (Season 8) | History
Uploaded: 2020-03-21T16:00:24.000Z
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We have a World War II German Enigma coding machine.

I mean, this thing was responsible for the rise

and the fall of the entire German war machine.

My father and I have an Enigma museum, and we treasure hunt.

This thing won't make me understand women, will it?

During World War II, if a German commander

wanted to send a secret message to his troops out in the field,

There are three that I know of in the United States on display

One is at the NSA's crypto museum in Washington.

And one is at the International Spy Museum.

destroy these in the field, rather than let them fall

So more often than not, they are in horrendous condition.

No, this machine has parts that have been replaced.

That's a reproduction box with two rotors.

Cracking the Enigma code was one of the top projects

But in the end, it did save millions of lives.

I really want this thing, but I've never had one in my shop.

My big problem is, I've seen them sell for $200,000.

I've seen them sell for $30,000, and you look at them,

So I'm going to call in a friend who knows a little bit more

than I do about these things and see if he can figure it out.

If I had a dog, that's what I'd name him.

I'm a former Army Ranger and Air Force para rescue man,

The hardest part of being in the military for me

Nothing like having a baby slick head for four years

makes you think that the hair is kind of nice.

It's one of the coolest things that's ever been in the shop.

It is a really cool thing, and it's really significant

when you talk about being able to encrypt

your messages to your generals and your soldiers.

You know, having a machine like this that allows

And it was critical to us, the Allied Forces,

So making them believe that their messages were encrypted

in secret was critical towards winning that war

So which parts were missing when you found it?

Do we have matching serial numbers throughout?

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Pawn Stars: SUPER RARE WWII Code Breaking Machine (Season 8) | History

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