UNIFORMS OF THE GERMAN COLONIAL TROOPS 1884-1918

Sguardo dettagliato alle uniformi delle truppe coloniali del Kaiser in Africa e Cina. Contiene illustrazioni a colori di noti artisti del 19° e 20° secolo, disegni in bianco e nero recuperati da rari libri d’epoca e oltre 60 foto di ottima qualità ed inedite riprodotte da un album di un marinaio del III. See-Bataillon di stanza nella grande base navale tedesca di Tsingtau. Un volume che nessun appassionato di questo periodo vorrà lasciarsi sfuggire.

The Schutztruppen, the Expedition Korps, and III. See-Bataillon of the Imperial German Marines were the forces assigned to protect Germanys far-flung Colonial possessions in Africa and China. Uniform students and modelers have found scant published references to the varied and unique uniforms of these forces. This highly illustrated book fills that gap. Color illustrations by Germanys leading 19th and 20th century artists, black and white drawings taken from rare period books, plus over sixty unpublished quality photographs from the album of a III. See-Bataillon Marine stationed at the great German Naval base at Tsingtau, China, cover in detail the unusual uniforms of the Kaisers Colonial forces. A must for the Imperial German bookself.