Germany, Third Reich. Edged Weapons Of The Third Reich 1933-1945

Softcover, the front and back cover with photographs, entitled "Edged Weapons of the Third Reich 1933-1945", by Frederick J. Stephens, published by Almark Publishing Company Limited of New Malden (London), Sussex, first published in 1972, printed in Great Britain by The Byron Press Limited of Wealdstone, Sussex, ISBN 0 85524 079 2. It begins with an Introduction by the author (dated May 1972), followed by a List of Contents. The book is divided into twenty-four sections: Army, Luftwaffe (the German Air Force), Kriegsmarine (The War Navy), SA (Sturmabteilung - the Storm Troops), SS (Schutzstaffel - The Elite Guard), NSKK (National Sozialistiches Kraftahr-Korps - National Socialist Motor Corps), Hitler Jugend (Hitler Youth), DLV and NSFK, RAD (Reichs Arbeitsdeinst - Reich Labour Service), TeNo (Technische Nothilfe - Technical Emergency Corps), RLB, DRK (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz - German Red Cross), Polizei and Feuerwehr (Police and Fire Department), Railway and Waterway Protection Services, Postal Protection Service, Zoll (Customs Service), Forestry Service (Forstbeamte), Hunting Association (Reichsbund Deutsche Jagerschaft), German Rifle Association, Mining Association (Bergban), NPEA, Diplomatic Service, Service and Dress Bayonets, Knives and Miscellaneous Edged Pieces. It concludes with a Select Bibliography. The book contains 128 pages of text and photographs, printed in black ink, with spot red placed around the images on pages 33, 36, 41 and 44, on a coated white paper stock, perfect bound, measuring 150 mm (w) x 210 mm (h) x 9 mm (d). It exhibits wear of the cover, along with tape repair on the spine, the pages themselves remaining pristine. This book of Stephens' is considered to be a "must have" for collectors of Third Reich edged weapons. Better than very fine.

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