Original U.S. WWII Eastern Asia Escape and Evasion “Silk” Map Lot Dated 1943 - 2 Items Receiver Top Cover to spearhead the Allied assault

to spearhead the Allied assault landings at Salerno

This area was once Russia but is now the Ukraine and also shows a portion of Romania

Most have a Luftwaffe inspection stamp (the Luftwaffe equivalent of the Heer's Waffenamt stamp) on the oiler flap

actually later adopted in some form by the U

309th Engineer Battalion

Original U.S. WWII Eastern Asia Escape and Evasion “Silk” Map Lot Dated 1943 - 2 Items Receiver Top Cover to spearhead the Allied assaultOriginal Items: Only One Lot of 2 Available. Evasion charts or escape maps are maps made for service members, and intended to be used when caught behind enemy lines to assist in performing escape and evasion. Such documents were secreted to prisoners of war by various means to aid in escape attempts. During World War II, these clandestine maps were used by many American, British, and allied servicemen to escape from behind enemy lines. Special