Article about: I was given this little booklet today and the person who gave it to me reckons it's from the TR period. I am not sure about that so I am asking you guys. The booklet measure 134 x 99mm and c
I was given this little booklet today and the person who gave it to me reckons it's from the TR period. I am not sure about that so I am asking you guys.
The booklet measure 134 x 99mm and contains 24 pages of illustrations.
It covers mainly the Heer, but also the Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, SS, SA, NSFK, NSKK, Polizei, RAD, RLB, NSDAP Leaders and HJ.
Obviously due to the size of this booklet it cannot cover everything, but it does give a nice overview. Any thoughts on the period this was published? There is nothing in the booklet or on the covers that give any indication of who or when this was published.
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No idea on value, but it is a good collectable item.
Cheers, Ade.
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These are a very nice pre war booklet , well done !!
The gates of hell were opened and we accepted the invitation to enter" 26/880 Lance Sgt, Edward Dyke. 26th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers , ( 3rd Tyneside Irish )
1st July 1916
Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader
I have one of those booklets, which is absolutely pristine--nagel neu as the Germans say. In fact even the two staples are shiny. I don't know when or where I got it, or what I paid for it, but it wasn't too many years ago. I have always believed that these booklets were printed for the postwar collectors' market, mine at least, which is why it is so unsed looking. There is no publisher's information or date of publication in the booklet. If examples like mine were printed after the war, they might have been copies of a prewar or wartime edition. But the total absence of any publisher's information makes me think they are knock-offs. Here is what my copy looks like front and back. I have also duplicated the example pages for comparison. Dwight
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