An unopened bottle of wine made on the orders of Adolf Hitler to celebrate his 54th birthday has gone up for sale. The rare 1.5-litre bottle was among a batch made on Hitler's orders to mark his birthday on April 20, 1943, which he then gifted to high-ranking German officers. The wartime dictator called the red wine 'Fuhrerwein' - meaning 'leader's wine' - and insisted the bottle's label carried a picture of himself in uniform. A rare unopened 1.5-litre bottle of wine made to celebrate Hitler's birthday in 1943 has surfaced and will now go on sale A wax label on the bottle carries an image of an eagle on top of a swastika and a stamp of the Reichszeugmeisterei, the central office that supplied Nazi equipment.
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Wine made in 1943 given to Hungarian prisoner by German soldier after war
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It has now been handed to a Glasgow auction house for an online sale
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Bottle - expected to sell for £2,000 - features picture of Hitler on the label
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But experts say the red wine, which carries a swastika stamp, is undrinkable
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Lugar Pistol adapted by British spies in daring plot to kill the German leader
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Gun, set to be used near Hitler's mountain base, now on show in Essex
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