{"product_id":"gsgs-restricted-cold-war-silk-escape-map-archangel-north-scandinavia-russia-1953-p-6-111587","title":"GSGS Restricted Cold War silk escape map—Archangel—North Scandinavia—Russia 1953","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eArchangel’sk (Archangel)— Restricted— Fourth Edition, G.S.G.S.— North Q 36, 37, 38 \u0026amp; part of R 38— [White Sea \/ Beloye More sector]. \/\/ Namsos — Restricted— Fourth Edition, G.S.G.S.— North Q 32, 33, 34 \u0026amp; 35 [Northern Norway, Sweden \u0026amp; Finland]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Cold War-era silk escape-and-evasion map—Restricted—Archangel’sk \/\/ Namsos, Fourth Edition, G.S.G.S., issued in 1952. Fabric escape-and-evasion maps were developed during the Second World War by the British military intelligence organisation MI9, notably under the direction of Christopher Clayton Hutton. A prolific inventor of devices for covert military and espionage use, Hutton is also thought to have been one of the inspirations for Ian Fleming’s conception of Q Branch. Printed on both sides of rayon cloth, such maps were durable, silent in use, and easily concealed. Originally issued to airmen for use if shot down behind enemy lines—for example, U-2 pilot Gary Powers was carrying cloth escape maps when he was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960—these maps were later also supplied to Special Forces, and were notably used by the SAS during the 1991 Gulf War. One side maps Archangel’sk and the White Sea sector of the Soviet Arctic; the reverse covers the adjoining Scandinavian region across Norway, Sweden, and Finland, reflecting the strategic geography of the North Atlantic and Arctic approaches, and the frontier between the Western powers and the Soviet Union in the early Cold War.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52807689601371,"sku":"P-6-111587","price":140.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-6-111587a.jpg?v=1776175665","url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/products\/gsgs-restricted-cold-war-silk-escape-map-archangel-north-scandinavia-russia-1953-p-6-111587","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}