Personalised pencil gifted to Adolf Hitler by Eva Braun may fetch £80,000 in auction

A silver-plated pencil that belongs to Nazi dictator olf Hitler will go up for auction in Belfast next month. ancient pencil is estimated to fetch around £50,000 and £80,000 in Belfast auction, Guardian reported. As per British news outlet, pencil is believed to have been a gift to erstwhile Nazi dictator from his long-term partner Eva Braun. Barun apparently gifted pencil on Hitler’s 52nd birthday on 20 April 1941. 

According to Guardian, pencil was originally bought by a collector at an auction in 2002. silver-plated piece of history is inscribed with name “Eva” in German. bottom of pencil is inscribed with Hitler’s initials, “AH”. pencil will be among wide-ranging historical items that will be presented at Bloomfield Auction, Guardian reported. sale is scheduled to take place on June 6 and will also include an original signed photograph of Hitler. 

' pencil reveals deception behind Hitler’s public face'

During a conversation with British news outlet, Managing Director of auction house Karl Bennett explained significance of historic pencil. “ importance of Hitler’s engraved personal pencil lies in fact that it helps to unravel a hidden piece of history, giving a unique insight into Hitler’s personal relationships, which he scrupulously kept hidden from public eye,” he told Guardian. “This love token of a personalised pencil from Eva on his birthday helps reveal deception behind Hitler’s public face,” he furr ded. 

Bennett threw more light on public persona of Hitler during his draconian reign. “Much of Hitler’s personal appeal during his dictatorship derived from his carefully constructed identity as far of German nation, who rejected personal connection in favour of loyalty to his country,” he said. “But for me, as a high-end collector of militaria items, y preserve a piece of our past and should be treated as historical objects, no matter if history y refer to was one of darkest and most controversial in recorded history,” he concluded. 

highly anticipated auction will also comprise a hand-written pardon letter by erstwhile British Monarch Queen Victoria. letter is dated back to 1896 and was written to pardon Irish rebels who were convicted of treason.