German Military Fighting Knives 1914-1945

THIS IS A MUCH SOUGHT AFTER EDGED WEAPON REFERENCE BOOK LONG OUT OF PRINT AND NOW VIRTUALLY UNOBTAINABLE. THIS QUALITY BOOK HAS HEAVY GLOSS ARTBOARD COVERS WITH 62 115 gsm ART PAPER PAGES. SIZE: 260mm x 190mm - 10.5"x 7.5".

DOCUMENTED ARE OVER 100 ILLUSTRATIONS OF EXAMPLES OF GERMAN MILITARY FIGHTING AND TRENCH KNIVES FROM WORLD WAR ONE AND TWO. THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE ALL ACCOMPANIED BY DETAILED CAPTIONS IDENTIFYING THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF EACH WEAPON. THE AUTHOR HAS ALSO INCLUDED IN DEPTH INFORMATION ON THE GERMAN MAKERS OF THE DIFFERENT "NAHKAMPFMESSER" WITH DETAILS OF BLADE MARKINGS, MAKERS TRADEMARKS, VARIATIONS ETC. THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST SINGLE VOLUME ON WW1 GERMAN TRENCH KNIVES AND WW2 BOOT KNIVES.