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7018 - German Luftwaffe ‘Secret’ Target Map of London Marking the Savoy Hotel and Somerset House (Sept. 1940)
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German Luftwaffe ‘Secret’ Target Map of London Marking the Savoy Hotel and Somerset House (Sept. 1940) Secret Luftwaffe target map of central London, 13 x 13.25, September 1940, printed in gray with red overprinting. Titled at the head, "London, Savoy Hotel u. Somersethouse, Direktorat des Luftforschungswes." (London, Savoy Hotel and Somerset House, Directorate of Aeronautical Research), and marked "Geheim" (Secret) with the target designation "GB 1315a" and map-center coordinates. The Savoy Hotel and Somerset House are outlined in red and numbered "1315" and "1316." More numbered targets are marked across Westminster and Whitehall, a red line along New Oxford Street is labeled "GB 548," and a dashed zone in Marylebone is captioned "Neutrale Botschaften u.s.w." (Neutral embassies, etc.). The lower border bears a red scale bar, "Maßstab 1:10 560," and the issuing command, "Lft. Kdo. 2, Sept. 1940." A sheet reference in the upper right carries a handwritten correction. In very good to fine condition, with edgewear, scattered stains, and a horizontal fold with short separations at both ends. Consignor notes that this map originates from the archives of Somerset House.
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