Lot #: 47148
Description
Anglo-centric cloth map of Europe produced during WWI.
Serbia, the spark that lit the conflagration of World War One, isn’t even labeled on this interesting cloth map of Europe, which shows the pre-war borders of the continent. The creator is unknown, but the production is evidently English. The text “by permission of the Manchester Guardian” alludes to the possible creator of the map from which the sheet was based.
A spectacular patriotic border shows the Union Jack entwined with flags of the Allied nations of France, Belgium and Russia in each corner. The emphasis on Britain’s great navy is reinforced with the maritime theme. A lovely relic of the contemporary commemoration of the Great War.
Serbia, the spark that lit the conflagration of World War One, isn’t even labeled on this interesting cloth map of Europe, which shows the pre-war borders of the continent. The creator is unknown, but the production is evidently English. The text “by permission of the Manchester Guardian” alludes to the possible creator of the map from which the sheet was based.
A spectacular patriotic border shows the Union Jack entwined with flags of the Allied nations of France, Belgium and Russia in each corner. The emphasis on Britain’s great navy is reinforced with the maritime theme. A lovely relic of the contemporary commemoration of the Great War.
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