Fashion History: The Silk Route – Secret WW2 Escape and Evade Maps

World War II was a time of extaordinary hardship at home and abroad, millions fighting against Axis forces across the world. But it was also a time of great ingenuity, no more so when the British Government equipped men to do their jobs by using maps printed on silk. Woven by silkworms the sheer fabric…

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Title: Silk Escape Map, Normandy & Southern France Date: c.1940 Condition: Very good, some fraying at edges Inches: 20 x 17 [Sheet] Centimeters: 50.8

Silk Escape Map, Normandy & Southern France: c.1940

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