ORIGINAL WW2 CAPTURED GERMAN HEERESKARTE map of SOLVENIA (PODBRDO, PETROVO BRDO)

This original military map comes from a large batch of German and Japanese examples captured by the US Army during WW2. They were assessed, processed and held by the US ARMY MAP SERVICE before eventually being donated to a prominent University. After more than 60 years in their archives, the maps were recently'deaccessioned' and offered for sale. Most have official military ink stamps of some kind or other, but none of them were ever stamped by the University. The example offered here is a "DEUTSCHE HEERESKARTE" (German Army Map) entitled "ZARZ" featuring an area of SLOVENIA that includes PODBRDO and PETROVO BRDO (shown by their Italian names PIEDICOLLE and COLLE PIETRO respectively).

The political boundaries diagram shows the border as being shared by the German Reich and Italy, although at the time, it actually separated areas of'annexed' Austria and occupied Yugoslavia. It's headed "Nur für den Dienstgebrauch" (equivalent to a "RESTRICTED" British military map) and.

Was printed at the detailed scale of 1:25,000 in March 1943. Following the map's capture, a six digit reference number has been pencilled in the bottom right corner by the.

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