Eleven Maps, Guide and a Booklet of Photographs of Palestine and Transjordan – Printed for Use by the German Army ...

Eleven Maps, Guide and a Booklet of Photographs of Palestine and Transjordan – Printed for Use by the German Army during World War II – Berlin, 1941
Militärgeographische Angaben über Palästina und Transjordanien [Geographic-military information about Palestine and Transjordan] – folder with 11 maps of Palestine and Transjordan, a guide and a booklet of photographs. Published by Generalstab des Heeres, Abteilung für Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (IV. Mil.-Geo.) [General Staff of the Army. Department for War Maps and Surveying]. Berlin, 1941. German.
"Military-geographic information about Palestine and Trans Jordan", folder issued by the Department for War Maps and Surveying of the German army – a department formed at the outbreak of World War II, engaged in preparation of maps of the areas about to be occupied by Nazi Germany.
The folder contains:
• Militärgeographische Angaben über Palästina und Transjordanien, Textheft. A booklet about Palestine and Transjordan, with useful information for the German army. Printed on the front cover: "Nur fur den Dienstgebrauch!" [For internal use only!]. 95 pp + [4] folded maps.
• Militärgeographische Angaben über Palästina und Transjordanien, Bildheft. A booklet with seventy eight photographs of Palestine – views, cities, and more, among them photographs of Tiberias, Haifa, Jaffa, Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem and other cities. Printed on the front cover: "Nur fur den Dienstgebrauch!" [For internal use only!]. [4], 46, [1], 47-66, [1], 67-78, [1] pp.
• Eleven folded maps, including maps of Palestine, Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv-Jaffa, Haifa, Gaza and more. Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. German ink-stamp on one map. Minor blemishes.
Size of folder: approx. 16X22 cm. Some creases, tears and minor blemishes. Folder is contained in a new, fine, case.