John Waddington Monopoly Trading Board Game
Patent No 453689
This is a rare Monopoly board game dated around 1936- 1945
by Waddington's. This edition has wooden houses and hotels, red wooden dice, a spinner, and cardboard playing pieces on a wooden base.
This set features a Spinner which was introduced during the war as a replacement due to the rationing of World War 2.
A game like this was used to help prisoners escape from prisoner war camps in Nazi-occupied Europe. How they did it was to hide small silk maps, files, compasses, and money hidden within the board.
Includes
12 x red wooden hotels
32 x green wooden houses
6 x playing pieces- Cardboard Cutouts of a
(Sports Car, Cruiseliner, Top Hat, an unlaced Shoe, an Iron, and a Rocking Horse)
16 x chance cards (pink color)
16 x community chest cards (blue color)
28 x title deeds cards
Money with Patent No 453689
1 x set of rules
2 x dice
1 x spinning wheel
1 x game board