Pencil ‘given to Adolf Hitler by Eva Braun’ could fetch £80,000 at auction

Item inscribed with ‘Eva’ in German and the initials ‘AH’ to go under the hammer at Belfast auction in June

A silver-plated pencil purported to have belonged to Adolf Hitler is going under the hammer in Belfast next month and is estimated to sell for between £50,000 and £80,000.

It is believed to have been a gift to the former Nazi dictator from his long-term partner Eva Braun for his 52nd birthday on 20 April 1941.