Origin
Two editions of the globe were commissioned by Adolf Hitler in the 1930s, though the actual number of globes produced will never be verified as the factory that manufactured the globe, the Columbus factory, was destroyed in 1943 along with its archives.
The globe was described as very large and very costly, with a wood base supporting it; however, it does not appear in any official photographs of Hitler.
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