help on this funny item ??? what was is it used for

[firefox]

help on this all info please good or bad , big thanks Attachment 1402687

[christek]

Its some type of translation paperwork. The English writing is British English not US.

[MAP]

Interesting. It's cloth. Correct?

[Composite]

Looks handkerchief size to me....possibly similar principle as the cloth escape maps..screw it up, throw it in the pocket and it’s there if needed and will probably last longer than a paper version????


Whoever did it clearly didn’t think about pronunciation.......the words may be correct but give them to someone who’s never spoken a foriegn language before and you’re in trouble. This all assumes it IS cloth

[Watchdog]

It would seem to be military oriented because of the words in the section titled "Commands" yet those same words and phrases would be of little if any use to a POW or evader so I don't think it is E&E or survival related.

Regards

Mark

[Composite]

Agreed. I guess the clue might be in the actual countries....Brit, French & German....and as you say Mark, the inclusion of “parade” words is odd for a combat environment......it’s unlikely that a Brit Tommy is gonna want to scream “should-er harms” at Mg42 emplacement. Could it be Post War working-together kinda crib sheet???

Unfortunately the poster hasn’t included their location or where it was sourced.....that might give us clues

[reneblacky]

Phony war period? part air crew set or table cloth dinner set bit?

[HARRY THE MOLE]

Probably just an extension of the phrase books issued to British occupying forces at wars end, a cloth is much easier to carry than a phrase book.

[Grimebox]

It’s not like anything that I have seen created by Mi9 during WW2. It could possible date from WW1 or be a souvenir piece from that period

[firefox]

It is cloth. Correct