Hannah Daley, exhibitions manager, installs Countess Mountbatten's underwear made from a silk map given to her by a boyfriend in the Royal Air Force at the 'Fashion on the Ration: 1940s Street Style' ...
They were printed on silk and hidden in the smallest of places, then smuggled into Prisoner of War camps during Word War Two to assist the escape plans of captured British men. Did you know with a ...
Microsilk scarves: During World War II, some Allied forces used military maps printed on silk as a lightweight, water-resistant, stronger alternative to paper maps. The cloth maps showed minute ...
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