Show your war libraries

[4md]

Here is most of my personal library that is with me at college, a large portion is at home. I have a mixture of everything, but mainly military history from various eras. I also collect antique books and maps, which you can see a few. My favorite WWI/II books are Guns of August, and Soldiers of Destruction.

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The Guns of August is an excellent book i must read it again. Apparently J.F.K was reading this book when the Cuban Missile crisis was happening, According to the movie anyway.
I just read Soldiers of Destruction as well, Great read!

regards Paul

[Fred Green]

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My room is a mess but I have a great library. I can reference pretty much anything I have an interest in. My Civil War library is in a closet.The top shelf in the first picture is nothing but original Infantry Drill Manuals from 1867-1968 double stacked.
Fred

[BobS]

Apologies for the less than stellar photo quality, but you can get at least some idea as to the size of part of my book collection. all military titles in these photos.

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[Woolgar]

In love your Guards caps Bob The Life Guards example brings back memories

Nick

[BobS]

In love your Guards caps Bob The Life Guards example brings back memories

Nick

Thanks, Nick. I have officer caps for all of the Household Cavalry and Foot Guards, except the Coldstream Guards, which seems hard to come by, for some reason. I have also missed out on a couple of what I believed were overpriced examples on Ebay.
My Life Guards officer cap actually has King's Crown buttons, so my ERII badge is incorrect, but I'm not paying 150 pounds for a GeoVI badge, at least not now. That's more than I paid for the bloody cap!
I am trying to stick to cavalry & Guards peaked caps, especially WWII era caps. My Irish Guards is WWII vintage, and my Welsh Guards khaki service dress is as well.

BobS

[Woolgar]

Great stuff Bob! here is me in my Life Guards cap (Just realised that Life Guards translated in German is Leibstandarte!!)

Nick

[BobS]

Great stuff Bob! here is me in my Life Guards cap (Just realised that Life Guards translated in German is Leibstandarte!!)

Nick

Nick,
I'm impressed! Did you serve in the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, or in the "regular" regiment.
Am I correct in believing that not all Life Guards or Blues & Royals troopers or officers did mounted ceremonial duty?

Regards,

BobS

[Woolgar]

Nick,
I'm impressed! Did you serve in the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, or in the "regular" regiment.
Am I correct in believing that not all Life Guards or Blues & Royals troopers or officers did mounted ceremonial duty?

Regards,

BobS

Thats right mate, you could choose either or, or both! I just did the armour

Nick

[Aleksander P]

Keep them coming guys . I'd post mine, but they are scattered allover the place. I'll post when I get some proper shelves to store them in...and room for the shelves

[LizardKing]

I'd love to show you pictures of my books but i;m afraid you'll understand only 5-6 of them that are in English! The rest are in Greek and you'll get nothing of them!!!