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SUPERB LUFTWAFFE MAP FROM THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN PERIOD. THE U.K. WAS DIVIDED INTO A SET OF MAPS BY THE LUFTWAFFE, HERE THE 2ND MOST RELIVANT TO THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN, MAP No.12 COVERING  THE NORTH EAST, THE AREA OF THE ATTACKED BY THE LUFTWAFFE FROM BASES IN NORWAY. WHILE THESE MAPS CANBE FOUND, NOT ALL ENCOUNTERED ARE TRUE LUFTWAFFE FLIGHT MAPS. THIS IS AS IT HAS BEEN LAMINATED AND EDGED TO COPE WITH BEING FOLDED UP AND UNFOLDED REPEATEDLY, AND SURVIVE THE RIGOUS OF ROUGH HANDLING BY THE OBSERVER IN THE BOMBER COCKPIT.  DATED JANUARY 1940. THE  MAP  IS 815 BY 625 MM. FOLDED TO FIT IN THE FLIGHT OBSERVERS MAP CASE