Collector's World Combat Helmets books.

[Jack59]

Hello everyone, here is the place to present your World Combat Helmets books.

By World Combat Helmets I mean the "other" often less known steel & composite helmets starting with the 20th Century mass production of combat helmets.
Don't get me wrong here, the German, British & American World Wars helmet books already have their threads.

Let me start with a work of love by 3 French collectors. Their work in 3 volumes took 20 years to complete, the original editor of the first volume quit because of low sales. That did not stop the project but did slow it down. The second volume was financed personally by the 3 authors. The 3rd volume could not be released until enough money came back from the sale of the second volume. After a few years they were able to release it, the 3rd volume(400 + pages included more photos, updates & corrections from the previous volumes. This project was also possible with the help of many passionate world wide collaborators.
This encyclopedia is a must. In French.
Volume 1 & 2 are available (second hand), volume 3 is very hard to find.

LES CASQUES DE COMBAT du monde entier de 1915 à nos jours. Tome 1
Edition: Lavauzelle, 1984
Authors: Jean-Gabriel Dagnas, Yves Plasseraud, Pierre-Paul Struye (redaction comity) & many other passionate people.
272 pages, 200 photos.









LES CASQUES DE COMBAT du monde entier de 1915 à nos jours. Tome 2
Edition: PSD (self published) 1991
Authors: Jean-Gabriel Dagnas, Yves Plasseraud, Pierre-Paul Struye (redaction comity) & many other passionate people.
294 pages, 513 photos.









LES CASQUES DE COMBAT du monde entier de 1915 à nos jours. Tome 3
Edition: PSD (self published) 1996
Authors: Jean-Gabriel Dagnas, Yves Plasseraud, Pierre-Paul Struye (redaction comity) & many other passionate people.
420 pages, 1119 photos.











Dear members the success of this tread depends on all of us, so post your books. Language is not an issue.

Regards
Jack

[Jack59]

ELMETTI (HELMETS) by Paolo Marzetti is another must have.
The author is Italian, the plus for this book apart from being full of information
is that it is bilingual, Italian & English. This 2003 is the fourth Edition.

ELMETTI (HELMETS)
Edition: ERMANNO ALBERTELLI EDITORE, Parma
Authors: Paolo Marzetti
494 pages, 1000 + photos.

[Jack59]

Yves Plasseraud with the help of many collaborators put together (again) a great book,
this time shedding light on the obscure helmets of Central & South America States.
Yves Plasseraud visited every States involved & of course their Military museum.
This is a wonderful book!
The book is in French, at the end of each Chapter a summary in Spanish & English is provided.

LES CASQUES MILITAIRES des États d'Amérique latine. XIXème au XXIème Siècles
Publisher: Maharg Press Washington, DC, 2013
Director: Yves Plasseraud. With the help of many other passionate people.
310 pages, hundreds of colour & B&W photos.













Example of Spanish & English Chapter summary.