Djedj Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Hi gents, For all of you interested in Heavy Cavalry, there is a superb reference book just out ! First book in a new series, "Unter der Fahnen der Alten Armee", subtitled "Die deutschen militärischen Uniformen auf zeitengenössischen Fotografien, 1850 - 1914". Authors are Thomas Brackmann and Hermann Schmelzer. Just received my copy today, and my, did they do a wonderful job ! Book comes with an "English supplement" - and the translation of all captions of the... 704 (!) period photos included. Each chapter is headed by a descripiton of the uniforms and its evolutions, before devoting the best part to period photographs showing all of them. As a dedicated military photo collector, I am quite amazed at the quality of the documents presented here. I am especially thrilled by the photos showing the Hannoverian and Kurhessian armies (so pre-1866 here). You can have a preview of the book on their website : http://semper-talis.de/ Price is of course to be considered, but the book is definitely good value, and well worth it in my opinion ; That one is bound to become the reference book on the topic. So ... looking forward to seeing "Band 2" come out ! Cheers, Jerome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storage133 Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Hi Jerome, looks like a real good book. Many thanks for the information. All the best S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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