tdogchristy90 Posted January 1, 2018 Share #1 Posted January 1, 2018 Here at the POW museum we have some playing cards on display that had hidden escape maps sandwiched between them. MIS-X would sandwich maps between playing cards created by US playing cards in Cleveland, Ohio. Has anyone seen any of these in the wild? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted January 2, 2018 Share #2 Posted January 2, 2018 Is a photo available to show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdogchristy90 Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share #3 Posted January 2, 2018 They look like a normal set of playing cards. The one we have in the museum is blue with the traditional scroll work on the back. It's only when you dip them in water can you peal them apart to reveal a map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted January 2, 2018 Share #4 Posted January 2, 2018 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted January 2, 2018 Share #5 Posted January 2, 2018 There was also a Monopoly game that had hidden escape tools. Never heard of the cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobgee Posted January 2, 2018 Share #6 Posted January 2, 2018 Nice! Have to be Rare! Bobgee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustin Posted January 3, 2018 Share #7 Posted January 3, 2018 Who would actually know they have one? These were meant to pass a lot of censors. Even if after war service members brought some home as souvenirs, unless they told someone what it was a single playing card or several would probably had been thrown out cleaning out their estate. Pretty cool though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeb137 Posted January 3, 2018 Share #8 Posted January 3, 2018 If I remember correctly, the escape Monopoly sets had a silk map hidden inside the pieces of the Monopoly sets that had a "dot" on the "Free Parking" space. Maybe there is a specific card or something in the deck with that kind of thing. Just a thought. Jon B. Newaygo MI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted January 29, 2018 Share #9 Posted January 29, 2018 I have never seen a set of these cards. I have one of the commemorative uncut sheets handed out at a Stalag Luft 3 reunion. My guess is these cards, when discovered, were handed over to the escape committees in each camp, Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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