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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  MOST RELIVANT TO THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN, MAP No.12 COVERING LONDON AND THE RAF BASES OF THE SOUTH EAST. WHILE THESE MAPS CAN BE FOUND, NOT ALL ENCOUNTERED ARE TRUE LUFTWAFFE FLIGHT MAPS. THIS ARE 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 SOUTH EAST MAP IS 905 BY 740 MM.  LONDON MAP DISCOLOURED TO ONE FOLD SIDE FROM BEING IN THE OBSERVERS MAP CASE.