New Book

[Chip]

For those of you out there that enjoy field gear and equipment items, Johan Somers new book, "Imperial German Field Uniforms and Equipment 1907-1918, Vol.1" is just out. I received my copy and it is very interesting. This is a bit of a plug, since I made a few contributions to the effort. 384 pages of reading and gawking pleasure. It's a Schiffer publication.

Chip

[David Gregory]

Chip,

What does volume 1 cover and when will volume 2 be published?

David

[Chip]

David,

Volume one is subtitled, "Field Equipment - Optical Instruments - Body Armor - Mine and Chemical Warfare - Communications Equipment - Weapons - Cloth Headgear." It has lots of photos, primarily from three large private collections, as well as period photos. It is basically the same format as the last few Schiffer books (lots of nice pictures with a modicum of text). I would say that in many ways it is similar to J?rgen Kraus' new book, but it suffers from the same lack of completeness. There are many more things that could and maybe should have been shown. I do think it will be popular amongst our crowd, as it shows not only the common, but the rare as well.

Volume two is "in the can" so to speak and in production. Volume three is still being written and assembled.

Chip

[Chris Boonzaier]

So.... I am about to buy volume one.... (I am a late starter).....

What were 2 and 3 like?

[Chip]

Chris,

If you have seen volume 1, you will pretty much know what volume 2 & 3 are like. The format is the same, just the subjects are different. Volume 2 is headgear and uniforms, whereas volume 3 concentrates on Landsturm and colonial.

Chip

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

so far I have not had one in my hands, I just saw it online.

Look forward to getting a copy.