Comments on this map greatly appreciated.

[Der Texaner]

I purchased this map off of e-stand, from a knowledgeable map collector. It is not a typical paper map but a photostatic map. He, like I, are sure its WWII period. The unit markings are historically accurate. From the original seller...

it's WW2 era on the kind of hand-written Unit markings that are located in various areas on the map, as well as on the particular style of the writing used. It is very close to 'Suterlin' German, which was the handwriting typically taught to German school children in the early part of the 20th Century. I have seen a great number of hand-written personal letters, and unit marks on maps similar to this style of writing. The Unit markings in black pencil (see pic) near the city of 'CRAIOVA' ' 2 Gb Dn' are particularly telling. They are all in Suterlin style. That the markings are in pencil is also VERY consistent with the many other maps I've seen over the years. I assume that the mark ' 2. Gb. Dn.' (near CRAIOVA) refers to the 2nd Gebirgsjager Div

I purchased in particular for the 2nd SS Panzer Division association on it. All comments appreciated.

[Der Texaner]

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[Der Texaner]

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[Simon O.]

A bit of checking up on the various corps named on the map and things become a lot clearer.

Firstly, the map dates to early 1941, perhaps around jan\feb, during the build up to the invasion of Greece and the Balkans, a simple look at when the XIV, XVIII and XXX Korps were all together in Romania tells us that.

Secondly, what is the map actually for? the unit symbols marked in green tell us that, it's giving us a high level overview of the 12th army's food supply units, as seen with the army level AVA, AVL, butchery and bakery units.

Thirdly, the very general and high level nature of the formation areas, ie. a circle around a large area\town, several with L (for lager) on them. Of course a corps had more than one division and again a quick look at the various corps mentioned tells us that the map doesn't specify a specific division, but how many divisions are in that area, so not the 2 Gebirgs Division (which was never anywhere near Romania anyway) but 2 Gebirgs Divisions (in the case of the XVIII Geb.Korps we're talking the 5 and 6 Geb.Div.), for the XIV armeekorps it's telling us there are 2 panzer and an SS division in the area (5, 11 and LSSAH), for the XXX armeekorps 3 infantry divisions.

So, where might the map come from? Perhaps the O.Qu. of the 12 Armee would be a good bet.

[Der Texaner]

Many thanks to you!