Map, Silk, Escape, MI 9, Southern France & Western Mediterranean
€225.00
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Rare genuine WWII British silk escape map, printed on both sides.
This is one of the earliest series of silk or rayon escape maps produced by Bartholomew of Edinburgh on behalf of the MI 9, heat-treated to prevent the cloth from unravelling, and intended for being issued to RAF and USAAF aicrews flying of enemy-occupied Europe.
The first side covers the southern two thirds of mainland France and the border regions of Switzerland, Italy and Spain (scale 1:2,000,000), whereas the second side covers most of the western Mediterrean: southern France, Spain, Portugal, Corsica, Sardinia, the Balearic Islands and the northern coast of Morocco (scale 1:3,000,000).
Excellent overall condition.
Dimensions: about 15.35in x 22.65in.
Product Details
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