Playing Cards with Hidden Maps

Tier: Standard
Price: £25
Location: London
Accession Number: 72/S/438

Object details

If Escape Rooms and cartography are your passions, then this is the adoption for you. RAF prisoners of war held in Germany during the Second World War devised many ingenious ways to escape, but planning an escape route required a map. Maps were smuggled into prisoner of war camps by concealing them inside items sent as gifts in Red Cross parcels.

Buy your gifts online
PLEASE SUPPORT US

Buy your gifts online

Great aviation gift ideas for all the family

Make a donation
PLEASE SUPPORT US

Make a donation

Make a difference through a donation

Leave a Legacy
PLEASE SUPPORT US

Leave a Legacy

Leave a gift that inspires future generations

Schools and Colleges
ONLINE CLASSES

Schools and Colleges

Fascinating workshops to inspire the next generation

Collections Online
DISCOVER MORE

Collections Online

Explore our Collections online

Give Monthly

Give monthly to support our work year-round