PaidInFull24
Familiar Face
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Hi all,
As some of you know I like to garage sale on weekends, searching for treasures from World War 2. Today, while out visiting garage sales, I came across the sale of a guy who had had a sale in the spring. He had told me then that he had WW2 memorabilia but that it was in his storage shed and he would have to dig it out. He gave me his phone number and I corresponded with him 2-3 times over the course of the summer regarding WW2 memorabilia. Today at his garage sale, I asked him if he had come across anything and he told me that he had found a photo album that was kept by a WW2 vet and put together after the war. The majority of the pictures were post war and I wasn't interested in the album as it did not have anything WW2 in it, other than the fact that it was compiled by a vet. He then picked up a map and handed it to me and said "as far as I'm concerned, you can just HAVE that map". I thumbed through the map, said thank you and told him I would contact again. It turns out, this is a pretty interesting map. The cover reads:
Europe Road Map Series
1:1,000,000
A.M.S. 6303
First Edition - AMS 1
FRANCE
For use by War and Navy Department Agencies only
Not for sale or distribution
Army map Service
Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army
Army Map Service U.S. Army, Washington D.C. 138286
9/44 ST 1944
The map is in very good condition save for an inch-long portion at the bottom that is torn or has been wet a some point. On the inside, the map is a color map of France, 1944 and all the roads in the country. Interestingly, there is a red wax pen or oil pen tracing along a road from Mourmelon Le Grande to Metz France.
Does anyone know any more about these maps? I was particularly curious as to the 9/44 ST part, whether that meant September 1944 or otherwise. I have seen a couple of these online and they are listed as rare. Any information is great!
Thanks!
Nick
As some of you know I like to garage sale on weekends, searching for treasures from World War 2. Today, while out visiting garage sales, I came across the sale of a guy who had had a sale in the spring. He had told me then that he had WW2 memorabilia but that it was in his storage shed and he would have to dig it out. He gave me his phone number and I corresponded with him 2-3 times over the course of the summer regarding WW2 memorabilia. Today at his garage sale, I asked him if he had come across anything and he told me that he had found a photo album that was kept by a WW2 vet and put together after the war. The majority of the pictures were post war and I wasn't interested in the album as it did not have anything WW2 in it, other than the fact that it was compiled by a vet. He then picked up a map and handed it to me and said "as far as I'm concerned, you can just HAVE that map". I thumbed through the map, said thank you and told him I would contact again. It turns out, this is a pretty interesting map. The cover reads:
Europe Road Map Series
1:1,000,000
A.M.S. 6303
First Edition - AMS 1
FRANCE
For use by War and Navy Department Agencies only
Not for sale or distribution
Army map Service
Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army
Army Map Service U.S. Army, Washington D.C. 138286
9/44 ST 1944
The map is in very good condition save for an inch-long portion at the bottom that is torn or has been wet a some point. On the inside, the map is a color map of France, 1944 and all the roads in the country. Interestingly, there is a red wax pen or oil pen tracing along a road from Mourmelon Le Grande to Metz France.
Does anyone know any more about these maps? I was particularly curious as to the 9/44 ST part, whether that meant September 1944 or otherwise. I have seen a couple of these online and they are listed as rare. Any information is great!
Thanks!
Nick
