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Informationen zum Autor The author served four years in the United States Air Force during the Korean War and has been an active military collector and historian since a boy. He was a past editor of the Cross and Cockade Journal of World War I Aero Historians! is the Curator of the Vermont Veterans and Militia Museum! and serves on the Committee of Management of the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection! Brown University. He is a member of the Company of Military Historians! the League of World War I Aviation Historiansm and many other arms and militaria collecting groups. In his retirement! he continues active collecting and! with the assistance of his wife Nancy! writes books on military matters. On the non-military side! he restores and drives antique cars and enjoys classic boats on the coast of Maine. Klappentext Uniforms and Equipment of the Imperial German Army 1900-1918: A Study in Period Photographs, contains over 500 never before published photographic images of Imperial German military subjects. This initial volume, of a continuing study, features formal studio portraits of pre-war dress and wartime uniforms of all arms. It also contains photo postal cards taken in the field of Infantry, Pionier, Telegraph-Signal, Landsturm and Mountain Troops, Vehicles, Artillery, Musicians, the Bavarian Leib Regiment, specialized uniforms and insignia, small arms close-ups, unmotorized transport, group shots and Balloon troops. Also included is a sixty page full-color uniform section reproduced from the rare 1914 plates by Major Arthur Schmidt of Infanterie Regiment Nr. 172, and shows that uniform color was still in evidence, mixed with the somber Feldgrau. Each photo caption has been carefully and completely researched affording the reader information not to be found in any other single source. An introduction to the complex army service commitments, a general uniform description and a selected bibliography make this a must volume for the serious military historian, collector, and World War I re-enactor. Zusammenfassung Uniforms and Equipment of the Imperial German Army 1900-1918: A Study in Period Photographs! contains over 500 never before published photographic images of Imperial German military subjects. This initial volume! of a continuing study! features formal studio portraits of pre-war dress and wartime uniforms of all arms. It also contains photo postal cards taken in the field of Infantry! Pionier! Telegraph-Signal! Landsturm and Mountain Troops! Vehicles! Artillery! Musicians! the Bavarian Leib Regiment! specialized uniforms and insignia! small arms close-ups! unmotorized transport! group shots and Balloon troops. Also included is a sixty page full-color uniform section reproduced from the rare 1914 plates by Major Arthur Schmidt of Infanterie Regiment Nr. 172! and shows that uniform color was still in evidence! mixed with the somber Feldgrau. Each photo caption has been carefully and completely researched affording the reader information not to be found in any other single source. An introduction to the complex army service commitments! a general uniform description and a selected bibliography make this a must volume for the serious military historian! collector! and World War I re-enactor. ...
