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Object Record
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Catalog Number |
1965.009.0001a-b |
Object Name |
Kit |
Title |
Escape Kit |
Description |
Escape Kit with two silk maps of Italy, Swiss Frontier, Sicily, South tip of Italy, Corsica, Spain and Portugal. File enclosed in rubber. The kit was given to S. E. Atkinson of The RCR while aboard the "Orestes" in June of 1943 while en route to join the Sicilian Campaign. The maps are white silk printed with red and black ink to indicate roads, cities and other features. a) includes the Swiss frontier and Northern Italy on one side, Southern Italy and Sicily on the reverse. Scale for both maps is 1:1,378,000. b) includes Portugal, Spain, Corsica, Sardinia, part of Northern Africa at a Scale of 1:3,000,000 and on the reverse Southern France and Northern Spain at a Scale of 1:2,000,000. |
Date |
1943 |