US WWII BARTHOLOMEW SILK MAP 9C ESCAPE & EVASION FRANCE
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This is a DOUBLE SIDED ESCAPE & EVASION COLOR "2B/9C " MAP OF FRANCE & NORTHERN GERMANY.Side 2B is of Northern Germany, the borders of Holland, Denmark, Luxembourg, Czechoslovak, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia, France & Switzerland.Side 9C is of The Occupied & Non-Occupied areas of France with borders of Western Germany, Luxemburg, Holland, Western Switzerland, Northern Italy and the Spanish border.The map measures: 17" X 23 1/2" the map is small, lightweight, so it is easy to conceal, escape & evasion map used by allied airman in case of being shop down or imprisoned. This is a John Bartholomew cloth escape & evasion map. During WWII hundreds of thousands of maps were produced by the British on thin cloth and tissue paper. The idea was that a serviceman captured or shot down behind enemy lines should have a map to help him find his way to safety if he escaped or, better still, evade capture in the first place. A map like this could be concealed in a small place ( a cigarette packet or the hollow heel of a flying boot ), did not rustle suspiciously if the captive was searched and, in the case of maps on cloth, could survive wear and tear and even immersion in water. The scheme was soon extended to cover those who had already been captured, although a certain amount of ingenuity was required to get the maps into the POW camps.
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