Author: Michael J. Haselgrove & Branislav Radovic
Publisher: SCHIFFER BOOKS, Aug 2006
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0-7643-2528-0
Synopsis
Featured are rare & unique helmets, some previously unseen. The text includes a short history of the belligerent countries. 550+ color & B&W photos; 9x12 inches, 272 pgs.
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This new illustrated two-volume set is a further detailed look at the helmets of all nations using an identifiable helmet during the First World War. Following the authors' first book on World War I helmets, this set contains over 1000 full color, detailed photographs and over 200 period black & white photographs. Featured are rare & unique helmets, some previously unseen. The text includes a short history of the belligerent countries - setting the helmets & their development in countries featured are: Vol. l: Austro-Hungary, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany; Vol. 2: Great Britain, Greece, Holland, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, United States.
The helmets illustrated come from rarely-seen private collections, as well as national museums, including items not currently on public display. This set is a superb reference for all helment collectors & historians of the First World War.