Original German WWII Luftwaffe Navigator Soft Laminate Map of North Africa - 36” x 43” 21st Century The lock plate is marked

The lock plate is marked with the correct correct CROWN / GR proof

and then shipped to Erfurt for fitting to a hilt

but they proved to be very popular as well with the crews of tanks and tank destroyers

The blade on this example has very nice factory final grind cross grain on the obverse around the motto

Original German WWII Luftwaffe Navigator Soft Laminate Map of North Africa - 36” x 43” 21st Century The lock plate is markedOriginal Item: Only One Available. The North African campaign of the Second World War took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943. It included campaigns fought in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts (Western Desert Campaign, also known as the Desert War) and in Morocco and Algeria (Operation Torch), as well as Tunisia (Tunisia Campaign). The campaign was fought between the Allies and the Axis Powers. The Allied war effort was dominated by