Churchill's Chompers Go On The Auction Block

Britain's war-time prime minister Winston Churchill went under the hammer Thursday

as auctioneers expected to fetch up to $7,800 for "the teeth that saved the world."The false teeth were specially designed to preserve Churchill's natural lisp which can still be heard on the morale-boosting radio broadcasts he made to the nation during World War II.Churchill also used them to vent his frustration when the 1939-45 conflict was not going well by dramatically flicking them out of his mouth.

Winston Churchill was a British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the great Christian Louboutin wartime leaders.He served as prime minister from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, writer and artist. To date, he is the only British prime minister to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature,and the first person to be recognised as an honorary citizen of the United States.

Soldier, politician and finally prime minister, Winston Churchill was one of Britain's greatest 20th-century heroes. He is particularly remembered for his indomitable spirit while leading Great Britain to victory in World War II.

The dentures are going on sale at auctioneers Keys in Aylsham, Norfolk, eastern England, who have issued a guide price of between 4,000 and 5,000 (between $6,250 and $7,800).Meanwhile, it was announced Thursday that a huge archive of Churchill's personal papers is to be made available on the Internet for the first time within two years.

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