£3,500.00
An original POW escape map hand drawn by Lieutenant Jack Millett, an Australian who was escape artist and known as "Mapmaker of Colditz" by his fellow prisoners whilst at Oflag IVc during WW2.
Millett was captured by German forces during the fighting on Crete in May 1941 and was part of the largest escape attempt during the war from Oflag VII-B where 65 men escaped, but he was soon recaptured and sent to Colditz. He was famed for producing high-quality escape maps and essential documents for Allied prisoners attempting to escape.
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