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Wanted item
The C-35 is the first fully mechanical pin-and-lug
machine developed by Hagelin. It is much smaller than
later machines of the same class and has 5 coding
wheels. Furthermore, the tabs on the metal bars inside
the cage are fixed and can not be moved.
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The C-35 was initially developed for the French Army,
who wanted the machine to fit the pocket of their
trousers. So they gave Boris Hagelin a piece of wood
that would just fit inside the pocket of the amry
trousers.
On 8 November 2008, we attended the presentation of the
book Mythos
Enigma by Dominik Landwehr in Basel (Switzerland),
where Hagelin's first employee Oskar Stürzinger
presented some machines from the private Hagelin
collection. As part of his presentation he showed this
C-35. |
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The machine is in excellent condition and is painted
blue. The pictures on this page were all taken on the
same event with kind permission from Oskar Stürzinger.
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