Die Wehrmacht Yearbook- 1940

[Scar66]

Thanks, Harry! It certainly is.

[Jerry B]

I bought a book last year, a modern account of some of the battles from WWII, but it had a couple of bonus's for me, one was an inscription to show that it had belonged to a Welsh regiment I collect and also it had some clippings about the passing of the books author, all in all some good extras for a cheap second hand book.

[Scar66]

Jerry, that's very cool! I love how little things like that can add life to an otherwise run-of-the-mill book. I, too, have an old book with an inscription indicated that it was owned by someone in Wales. Impressive, considering I found it at a dollar sale here in CA!

All of this talk of books and the things inside them make me want a thread just for sharing the odd paper or inscriptions found in our collections. I just love seeing and hearing about them so much

[Jerry B]

you cant beat a good book and if they have extras, that only adds to their enjoyment.

Interesting extras with book on the Rhineland WWII

[Scar66]

Absolutely! And thank you for sharing your book, too! It would make my day to find a big news clipping like that in one of mine.

[Jerry B]

Where in Wales was the $1 book owner from?

As an aside my mother in law lives in California, a nice part of the world.

[Scar66]

The owner lived in the Penllergaer area of Swansea at some point in the early 1900s (the book is from 1900 and the handwriting suggests a similar time period). I'd post pictures of all of her scriblings, but my camera battery is dead-- Perhaps when I find the charger, I'll do so

And yes, California's a pretty nice place, if you can get past the seasonally-challenged weather and bad drivers!

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Attachment 671391German books are always worthwhile.

[Sarge]

There were 2 or 3 years for this book. I've got at least a 40 & 41. I also have all of the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine year books. I had all of the Heer but sold them.
Books are just great - you can never have to many, whether wartime or post war.
I have probably 200+ wartime German books and at least 50+ post war books. Don't really know because I've never kept track nor have I made a complete list of what I have. That is something I should finish.
Sarge

[Friedrich-Berthold]

If memory serves, there was a 1942 edition of Die Wehrmacht in this arrangement. I own it somewhere.