Germany, SS. Their Honor was Loyalty! An Illustrated and Documentary History of the Waffen-SS and Police 1940-1945

Hardcover, with color images on the front cover, back cover and spine, entitled "Their Honor was Loyalty! An Illustrated and Documentary History of the Waffen-SS and Police 1940-1945", by Jost W. Schneider, edited and translated by Dr. Winder McConnell, First Edition, copyrighted by the author in 1977, designed by Roger James Bender, R. James Bender Publishing of San Jose, California, printed in the United States of America, ISBN 0-912138-15-7. Each of the four chapters feature biographies of the various recipients listed alphabetically, their unit listings, their status during the war [whether they were killed, wounded, survived], with photographs of most of the recipients incorporated, the text in both German and English. It begins with a Table of Contents, followed by a Foreword by Heinz Harmel, an Introduction by Jost W. Schneider, an About the Cover notation and an Acknowledgements. The book contains four chapters: 1. Knight's Cross Holders of the Waffen-SS and Police 1940-1945; 2. Army Knight's Cross Recipients attached or transferred to the Waffen-SS; 3. Members of the Army, who were decorated with the Knight's Cross while temporarily subordinated to Waffen-SS units; 4. The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords. It concludes with a Recommendation and Approval notation, a List of Comparative Ranks, an Explanations and Abbreviations, an Alphabetical Listing, a List of Photo Sources, a two-page Bibliography, a List of Items Being Sought, with an Errata taped in place on page 480. The book contains 480 pages of detailed text in both German and English, along with multiple photographs, printed in black ink, on a coated white paper stock, measuring 158 mm (w) x 235 mm (h) x 27 mm (d). It exhibits active wear on the covers and a weakness in the spine, with some moderate damage on pages 330 and 331 as they have previously stuck together, along with light soiling on the bottom of pages 448 to 454. Fine.