World War II Desert Air Force. A collection of 63 operational maps, the areas covered include: Tunisia (26 maps), Greece (3 maps), Egypt (3 maps), Egypt & Cyrenaica (7 maps), Libya (2 maps: Tripoli & Zuara), Cyrenaica (1 map: Bengasi), French North Africa (2 maps: S.E. Gabes & S.W. Tozeur), Palestine (1 map: North Sheet), & Levant (1 map: Palmyre), most marked 'Not to be published' or 'Restricted', 2 annotated with operational notes, several laid down on open weave cloth, some with (generally light) soiling, creasing, edge-fraying and splits to folds, a few small edge losses, 1 Egypt map (Suez) rubbed, 1 Egypt map (Cairo) strongly edge-frayed with some losses to blank margins, Palestine map with tears to sea area and large loss to upper area, each map housed in clear polyester pocket, the collection contained together in an archival drop-spine box (Qty: 1)
World War II Desert Air Force. A collection of 63 operational maps, the areas covered include: Tunisia (26 maps), Greece (3 maps), Egypt (3 maps), Egypt & Cyrenaica (7 maps), Libya (2 maps: Tripoli & Zuara), Cyrenaica (1 map: Bengasi), French North Africa (2 maps: S.E. Gabes & S.W. Tozeur), Palestine (1 map: North Sheet), & Levant (1 map: Palmyre), most marked 'Not to be published' or 'Restricted', 2 annotated with operational notes, several laid down on open weave cloth, some with (generally light) soiling, creasing, edge-fraying and splits to folds, a few small edge losses, 1 Egypt map (Suez) rubbed, 1 Egypt map (Cairo) strongly edge-frayed with some losses to blank margins, Palestine map with tears to sea area and large loss to upper area, each map housed in clear polyester pocket, the collection contained together in an archival drop-spine box (Qty: 1)
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