Preserving the Code of Our Past
From hidden messages to historic breakthroughs, the NCF keeps the stories of cryptology alive—honoring the people, events, and innovations that shaped modern intelligence.

Toy Code Wheels
Lou Kruh

US Army Tactical Codeword Device
Lou Kruh

US Army Code Generator
Lou Kruh

Codes and Signals Games
Lou Kruh

Cryptologic Toys and Games
Lou Kruh

Sherlock Holmes Dancing Man Code Print
Lou Kruh

Sherlock Holmes Dancing Man Code Print
Lou Kruh

Hagelin Cipherkey Generator
Lou Kruh

Cryptologic Toys and Games
Lou Kruh

Stories from the Black Chamber Manuscript
Lou Kruh

“A Little Known Fact about Gen Gordon A. Blake” – by Frank Pinkston

A 1550 edition of Trithemius’ “Polygraphiae” (first published in 1518)
Dr. David Kahn





