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Map, Silk, Escape, C/D, 1943, with Pouch, MAPS ONLY
€495.00
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Scarce genuine WWII Allied double-sided silk escape map, heat-treated to prevent the cloth from unravelling. This type was particularly issued to RAF and USAAF aircrews flying over German-occupied Europe as part of their escape and evasion kits. Scale: 1:1,000,000. Dated 1943.
The first side (Sheet C) of the present map covers the Netherlands, the largest part of Belgium, Luxembourg, north-eastern France and western Germany; the second side (Sheet D) covers south-eastern France, south-western Germany, most of Switzerland and part of north-western Italy, and also offers an enlargement of the border region between Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany (scale: 1:250,000).
Perfect condition. Comes in its original rubberized cloth pouch (fragile).
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Scarce genuine WWII Allied double-sided silk escape map, heat-treated to prevent the cloth from unravelling. This type was particularly issued to RAF and USAAF aircrews flying over German-occupied Europe as part of their escape and evasion kits. Scale: 1:1,000,000. Dated 1943.
The first side (Sheet C) of the present map covers the Netherlands, the largest part of Belgium, Luxembourg, north-eastern France and western Germany; the second side (Sheet D) covers south-eastern France, south-western Germany, most of Switzerland and part of north-western Italy, and also offers an enlargement of the border region between Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany (scale: 1:250,000).
Perfect condition. Comes in its original rubberized cloth pouch (fragile).