Not currently on display at the V&A

ESCAPE FROM COLDITZ

Board Game Box
1970-1975
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

card box printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and an illustration of the castle and men


Object details

Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Box
  • Box Base
TitleESCAPE FROM COLDITZ (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
printed card
Brief description
Box only for Escape from Colditz Game made by Parker Games in England in the early 1970s
Physical description
card box printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and an illustration of the castle and men
Dimensions
  • Length: 20½in
  • Width: 14¼in
  • Depth: 1¾in
Production typemass produced
Copy number
Cat. No. 31211
Credit line
Given by the Palitoy Company
Object history
based on the BBC TV show and devised by Major P R Reid, MBE,MC

ONLY THE BOX, IT CONTAINS A PROTOTYPE GAME, B.932:1-1999. The prototype hand drawn game appears to have been stuck over the Colditz board.
Production
Made by Parker Games Division of Palitoy Ltd
Associated object
Collection
Accession number
B.930:1-1999

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Record createdJune 22, 2000
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