RARE WWII US ARMY HAGELIN M209A CRYPTO CODING MACHINE CASE CODER CARRIER POUCH
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:109306 |
Here is a rare piece of WWII US equipment that you do not see every day, an issued carrier case for the M209A Hagelyn crypto code machine. These were put in service early in the war and used all the way through the Korean conflict. A simplified version was later created as the M209B, which was fairly common.
Early M209 A code machine carriers were rare, as hard to come by themselves, as most were replaced with the late green carriers. A complete set sells the...se days for an enormous amount ( in excess of $2500!); here is an opportunity to find a clean original wartime carrier pouch in original early-war KHAKI
In cryptography, the M-209, designated CSP-1500 by the United States Navy (C-38 by the manufacturer) is a portable, mechanical cipher machine used by the US military primarily in World War II, though it remained in active use through the Korean War. The M-209 was designed by Swedish cryptographer Boris Hagelin in response to a request for such a portable cipher machine, and was an improvement of an earlier machine, the C-36.The M-209 is about the size of a lunchbox, in its final form measuring 3 1⁄4 by 5 1⁄2 by 7 inches (83 mm × 140 mm × 178 mm) and weighing 6 pounds (2.7 kg) (plus 1 pound (0.45 kg) for the case).[1] It represented a brilliant achievement for pre-electronic technology. It used a wheel scheme similar to that of a telecipher machine, such as the Lorenz cipher and the Geheimfernschreiber.
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