Chip Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gregory Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Chip,What does volume 1 cover and when will volume 2 be published?David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted February 3, 2006 Author Share Posted February 3, 2006 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 So.... I am about to buy volume one.... (I am a late starter).....What were 2 and 3 like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted February 15, 2009 Author Share Posted February 15, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Hi,so far I have not had one in my hands, I just saw it online.Look forward to getting a copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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