Enigma Machine (Three Rota)

Three-rotor Enigma cipher machine in wooden case

1937

Donated by GCHQ

Inv. No: 1980-1200

In the late 1970s the Science Museum

began to negotiate with GCHQ, the

successor to Bletchley Park, on acquiring

an Enigma machine for public display.

Following much consideration,

this German military

machine was donated

to the Museum in

1980. It is believed to

have been the first

shown to the public.

 

 

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