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L011461 FLIGHT NAVIGATION MAP OF GERMANY/GREAT BRITAIN.
(Navigationskarte)BACKGROUND: As with other armed forces the Germans had a KuVA, Kriegskarten-und Vermessungswesen Abteilung, (War Maps and Surveying Department), under command of the OKH, Oberkommando des Heeres, (High Command of the Army), and the OKW Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, (High Command of the Armed Forces). The war maps and surveying department was responsible for all army issue maps and worked in conjunction with the German Reichsamt für Landesaufnahme, (National Land Survey Office). Regulations dictated that armed forces issued maps were exclusively for use of armed forces personnel and that any reproduction or improper usage were punishable offences. The German Luftwaffe also utilized a wide variety of navigational accessories and maps in all theatres of battle. As a relatively new branch of service the Luftwaffe utilized maps produced by the KuVa but also produced their own maps under the supervision of the RLM’s, Reichsluftfahrtministerium, (National Air Ministry), Generalstab der Luftwaffe, (Air-Force General Staff). Maps produced specifically for the Luftwaffe used a specific Gradnetzmeldeverfahren, ({Map}, Degree Network Reference System), based on the Greenwich longitude/latitude degree system to pinpoint a precise location on any map. Luftwaffe maps for aircrew usage were produced with a yellowish tint for easy visibility in low light situations. Of Note: The Luftwaffe’s Gradnetzmeldeverfahren differed slightly from the coordinate systems used by the army and the navy.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Roughly, 64.5cm x 60.5cm, 1:2,000,000 scale, dual sided, yellow tinted, multi-color, printed, oilcloth construction flight navigational map featuring Greater Germany to one side and Great Britain, including Ireland and the northern coast of continental Europe encompassing northern France, Belgium, Luxemburg and Holland to the other side. The Greater Germany side of the map covers the area bordered roughly by the French,/Dutch /German borders in the west, the Government General, (Poland), to the Soviet occupied section to the east the Baltic and North seas to the north and Northern Italy, Yugoslavia, Hungary and Romania to the south.
The top edge of each side of the map has two, black printed, Luftwaffe eagles flanking the heading, "Luft-Navigationskarte in Merkatorprojektion", (Air Navigation Map in Mercator Projection). Both sides of the map show all the topographical features such as elevations, rivers, lakes and seas and also shown are villages, towns and cities, as well as the road and rail networks. Both sides of the map also have an over-printed, longitude degree markings and a repeating, square grid scale with the corresponding reference location numeral to each. The Greater Germany side of the map has a small, printed, glossary of symbols used and a small table listing longitude and latitude degrees. The bottom edges of both sides also have additional, black, printed script, "Herausgegeben vom Generalstab der Luftwaffe", (Publish by the General Staff of the Air Force), with a "1940" date to The Greater Germany side and a "1941" date to the Great Britain side. The map is in overall very good condition with minor age toning and light vertical and horizontal, fold creases.GRADE **** PRICE $450.00
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