{"id":90439,"date":"2017-02-20T17:58:16","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T22:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=90439"},"modified":"2025-01-07T16:15:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T21:15:32","slug":"fuhrers-telephone-sold-at-an-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/20\/fuhrers-telephone-sold-at-an-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuhrer\u2019s telephone sold at an auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_90440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90440\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14028285543_d3318bb1fc_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-90440\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14028285543_d3318bb1fc_z-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"(Photo: Dennis Jarvis\/Flickr.com)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14028285543_d3318bb1fc_z-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14028285543_d3318bb1fc_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90440\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo: Dennis Jarvis\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/archer10\/14028285543\/in\/photolist-nnCCy8-nkSDFz-avCsvq-nnE7hn-hwZmbJ-nkUPxV-4yoRxM-6JiXgA-qmBk3a-zseKR-bGtWvZ-6BEg2b-72EDsq-nCbHaY-6DAwev-7mxtzr-6JeSND-iPCQSy-6JiZtW-5Ne43-5Ne4A-6JeqdX-6JhDk9-p4JHt8-6JjZR7-pJ5Ws1-sjeZey-6JfWbn-pJ7eaM-q1tom2-6JfYAp-pJ3K3n-6JkirL-6Jm1Zy-q1tooX-p4JFRa-p4FSN7-q1BgwS-6Jg44p-pYnTkj-6JePrK-p4JLei-pYnSNN-pJ97wq-q1tokF-p4FQzu-hFbns-q1iDTa-pYnPM7-q1iEhX\/\">Flickr.com<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Siemens W38 model, which happened to be Adolf Hitler\u2019s travel phone was sold at an auction for $243,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The phone was originally black in color and later on painted crimson red. A later version was engraved with the Fuhrer\u2019s name and the Nazi insignia. It was found by Soviet soldiers in Hitler&#8217;s bunker and presented to British Brigadier Ralph Rayner as a gift when he visited the site in 1945.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy robaxin online <a href=\"https:\/\/cosmeticdermcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/robaxin.html\">https:\/\/cosmeticdermcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/robaxin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This travel phone is believed to have been the communication device where countless execution orders have been delivered by the dictator himself. Hitler received the phone from the Wehrmacht, Nazi Germany\u2019s Armed Forces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In order to use the phone, one would have to rotate the handset in 60 degrees as it has a mechanism where it keeps the handset from falling off whilst traveling on any terrain.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy tadalista online <a href=\"https:\/\/cosmeticdermcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/tadalista.html\">https:\/\/cosmeticdermcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/tadalista.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rayner\u2019s grandson inherited the artifact and decided to sell it through the Alexander Historical Auctions who held the event.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy propecia online <a href=\"https:\/\/cosmeticdermcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/propecia.html\">https:\/\/cosmeticdermcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/propecia.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Both the seller and the auction house really hoped that the item would go to a museum as it is still a seemingly ordinary yesteryear item from a controversial time, and it is obviously not an item for everyone. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Siemens W38 model, which happened to be Adolf Hitler\u2019s travel phone was sold at an auction for $243,000. 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