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After a checkered career that began with ferrying around the most evil man in history, a 1939 armoured Mercedes-Benz limousine is looking for a new owner.

The 770K Grosser Offener Tourenwagen (large convertible touring car) was delivered to German dictator Adolf Hitler just weeks before he plunged the planet into its most devastating conflict.

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Captured by U.S. forces after the end of the Second World War, it is now set to be auctioned on Jan. 18 by Arizona-based Worldwide Auctioneers.

“We are acutely aware of the responsibility attached to presenting such an impactful piece of history for public sale,” auctioneer Rod Egan said in a statement.

The auction house has called the limousine “the most historically significant automobile ever offered for public sale.” Although Worldwide Auctioneers did not provide an estimated sale price, it’s entirely likely the car could end up ranking as one of history’s most expensive used cars.

Photo by Worldwide Auctioneers

The heavily armoured limousine was a “Fuhrer-car”; part of a fleet used to ferry around Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.

Most notably, it was the car that carried Hitler in a Berlin victory parade celebrating the defeat of France. That parade, incidentally, was on June 6, 1940, exactly four years before allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy to roll back the German occupation.