This attractive & informative 1:100,000 (1cm) German map of Birmingham - as well as Coventry & Northampton etc - is a facsimile of the British 1938 Ordnance Survey half-inch map
Top margin is headed BIRMINGHAM, plus 'Sonderausgabe! Nur für den Dienstgebrauch! (Special Edition! For official use only!) & 'Blatt 23' (Sheet Number)
Side margin displays the map symbols in English with German translations 'Zeichenerklärung' (Character Explanation) & the magnetic variation date (1938)
This is one of a 40 sheet set of British town & city maps, copied in 1938-39 for issue to the Luftwaffe & Wehrmacht in preparation for the planned German WW2 invasion of Britain - Operation Sea Lion
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Scale: 1cm = 1km
Dimensions: 39" Wide x 29" High (approximately 99cm x 74cm)
