Pencil purported to have belonged to Adolf Hitler to go under hammer in Belfast

A pencil which once purportedly belonged to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler is set to go under the hammer in Belfast (Bloomfield Auctions/PressEye/PA)

A silver-plated pencil purported to have belonged to Adolf Hitler is set to go under the hammer in Belfast.

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