COLD WAR PERIOD RAF " SILK " ESCAPE AND EVASION MAP OF GORKIY & KIROV RUSSIA 1957
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A VERY RARE ORIGINAL COLD WAR PERIOD DOUBLE SIDED BEMBERG SILK ESCAPE AND EVASION MAP OF RUSSIA. COVERS THE KIROV & GORKIY REGIONS AND INCLUDES A BRIEF RUSSIAN GLOSSARY. THIS MAP IS MADE FROM BEMBERG SILK, WHICH IS A VERY THIN ARTIFICIAL SILK LIKE MATERIAL AND IS WATERPROOF, EASY TO CONCEAL AND SILENT IN USE. ISSUED TO RAF AIRCREW TO ASSIST IN ESCAPE AND EVASION SHOULD THEY BE FORCED TO LAND IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT IN THE EVENT OF WAR.... PUBLISHED BY THE WAR OFFICE AND AIR MINISTRY AND PRINTED BY BALDING & MANSELL Ltd. 1957. AN INTERESTING RELIC FROM THIS DANGEROUS PERIOD OF THE 20th CENTURY AND IN EXCELLENT UNISSUED CONDITION. APPROX. SIZE 18.5inches. x 27inches.
