1940s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SCRAPBOOK AND JOURNAL COMPREHENSIVELY DETAILING THE FRENCH NAVY AT THE TIME OF WORLD WAR II

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On offer is a sensational, comprehensive circa 1940s French naval scrapbook and manuscript relic of World War II. Likely compiled in occupied France this 60+ page handwritten journ al uses newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, other drawings and charts and statistics to create a near encyclopaedic work of France's naval status from the early 1930s to about 1942 including the various classes of ships, ships' identification, nomenclature, strengths and capabilities etc. The author used an 8¾ x 6¾ inch alphabetical 'Repertoire' book using about half. Overall VG.; French; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF, FRENCH, NAVY, FRANCE, NAVAL, NAUTICAL, MARINE, WORLD WAR II, WW2, WORLD WAR TWO, SCRAPBOOK, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, DIARY, JOURNAL, LOG, KEEPSAKE, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORICAL, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, DIARIES, JOURNALS, LOGS, AUTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL, MEMOIR, MEMORIAL, PERSONAL HISTORY,antiquité, contrat, vélin, document, manuscrit, papier Antike, Brief, Pergament, Dokument, Manuskript, Papier oggetto d'antiquariato, atto, velina, documento, manoscritto, carta antigüedad, hecho, vitela, documento, manuscrito, papel. Show more