Those older maps with overlay drawings were so cool
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I never understood if it was Prussia or already Germany before WW1
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It's should be from 1878-1885, as it shows Eastern Rumelia as a somewhat separate state. It was an autonomous province of Bulgaria for that 8 years; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Rumelia
I couldn't find anything to narrow it even more.
But it has some errors, e.g. Austria wa called Austria-Hungary at that time
I was bummed that they gave Bulgaria a fifth color, when they were clearly aware that you only need four colors, but then I saw that it's not a contiguous landmass, so I guess, that's a valid way of grouping those two...

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