German Daggers Of World War Ii: A Photographic Record Av Thomas M. Johnson

<strong>Volume 4 of a 4 volume set by Thomas M. Johnson, a leading collector and authoritative researcher, has been compiled to serve as a useful and authoritative reference on the daggers of Nazi Germany, and have been designed to aid not only the beginning collector, but also the seasoned advanced collector and specialist.</strong><br/> <br/> These volumes are the result of many years of arduous research conducted on both sides of the Atlantic, and are a scholarly study that is more than a perfunctory annotation and illustration of the known basic patterns.<br/> <br/> Also, the series is a study of a culture and the crafts that actually produced the blades, as well as being a manual in the art of collecting them.<br/> <br/> Within these books one will see coverage of the historical background; the manufacturing techniques; constructional; actual basic patterns; variations and rarities; the art of collecting, and a whole host of other salient facts of absorbing interest.