Vintage John Waddington World War 2 Monopoly Board Game

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