silk escape maps

rayon, acetate
http://mapscarves.com/history.html
"'survival kits' to help them evade capture or escape imprisonment
should they be shot down over hostile territory. These kits were
packed into a small oilskin pouch and typically included a small saw
blade, needle and thread, currency, phrase cards, a tiny compass the
size of a thumb nail and, most crucially, a silk map."

Good bibiliography
http://www.mapforum.com/04/escape.htm#2
http://www.fathom.com/feature/121990/index.html

http://spectregroup.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/spectre-christmas-list-monopoly-allied-pow-version/
Waddington- Monopoly and Prisoners' Press

http://www.collectionscouncil.com.au/conservation+of+wwii+silk+maps.aspx
Double-sided silk maps
http://silkmap.com/images/stories/map/helekaart_low.jpg

large image, also search "silk" for silk road
http://www.raremaps.com/gallery/archivedetail/20636/St_Louis_and_Vicinity_Printed_on_Silk/Fred.%20Graf%20Lithographers.html

identification
http://www.silkmaps.com/identificationpage.html

Image from British Library
http://www.bl.uk/learning/artimages/maphist/war/powmap/pow.html

spy kit
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/02/cia-tools-of-tradecraft/?pid=39

map blouse and forties fashion
http://thevintagetraveler.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/wwii-silk-escape-map/

search on ebay