"FELDZUG 1914 VOL 1" IMPERIAL GERMAN WW1 PICKELHAUBE SPIKE HELMET REFERENCE BOOK

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The famous German chancellor Otto Von Bismarck once stated: "The great questions of the day will not be settled by the mandates of majorities, but by blood and iron". Imperial German troops early in WW1 were issued pickelhaubes, shakos, and feldmützes for wear in the trenches on the Western Front. Those pieces have been of great interest to collectors for decades, leading Michael Baldwin to write an authoritative reference book on the subject in 2013. This "FELDZUG 1914 VOL 1" IMPERIAL GERMAN WW1 PICKELHAUBE SPIKE HELMET REFERENCE BOOK is in near mint, unread condition, with only some light scattered storage wear evident (most pictured). Otherwise, the book is in near mint shape, with no other damage. Most interestingly, it boasts elegantly illustrated hardcovers, and sports 165 pages full of descriptive text, period pictures, and color photographs of wool feldrocks, feldmützes, and shoulder straps, all kinds of leather, steel, cork, and cloth covered fur felt pickelhaubes, numerous pickelhaube field covers, a scarce Seebataillon (Marine Infantry) shako, a rare Uhlan ersatz tschapka, Prussian Landsturm oilcloth service caps, various M-1895 belt buckles, and many other well presented Imperial German collectibles of early WW1. A beautiful example of a "FELDZUG 1914 VOL 1" IMPERIAL GERMAN WW1 PICKELHAUBE SPIKE HELMET REFERENCE BOOK. Now celebrating over 20 years on eBay. Bid with confidence and please view our other great military, aviation, and sporting classics, including a German WW2 MWC LUFTWAFFE PILOT B-UHR AUTOMATIC WRIST WATCH in MINT, unworn, new in the box condition, sporting a crisp 60 minute/12 hour (outer/inner) white numbers black dial, and featuring the classic big "onion" crown and sweeping seconds hand with hacking function.
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