Third Reich Cloth Insignia

The author enjoyed a 41-year career with the RAF, first experiencing combat in the Second World War before going on to become one of the most influential of senior officers in postwar years in Britain and NATO. This absorbing account of his life and service reveals the changing roles of the RAF in the late 1960s and 1970s. 87 black/white photos plus maps. 160 pages. Hardback

On parade, in full color: all the most important cloth badges and insignia used by 64 different German uniformed formations. Eleven categories range from National and Organizational Emblems to Flag Bearers Insignia and Musicians "Wings." Along with the historic German Army, Armed-SS and Air Force shoulder straps and collar patches, coverage extends to obscure but fascinating insignia of such organizations as the Technical Stud Service of Prussia and the Female Signals Operators of the Organization Todt.

Merriam Press Military Reprint 15. First Edition (August 2012). Facsimile reprints of the F.W. Assmann and S�hne uniform insignia and accoutrements catalog, and the Paul Seilheimer edged weapons catalog. Hundreds of photographs of all types of metal uniform insignia such as cap and specialty devices, belt buckles, buttons, clasps, badges, medals, etc., for all branches of the Wehrmacht as well as the various Nazi Party organizations in the Assmann catalog, plus illustrations of the various swords, knives and bayonets and their scabbards in the Seilheimer catalog.