Hardcover, with color photographs of Oberst Rudel's highest military awards on the front cover and award documents on the back cover, entitled "For Führer and Fatherland - Military Awards of the Third Reich", by Lieutenant Colonel John R. Angolia, copyrighted in 1976 by the author, Second "Revised" Edition, published by R. James Bender Publishing of San Jose, California, designed by Roger James Bender, typeset by Clyborne Typographics, printed in the United States of America, ISBN 0-912138-14-9. It begins with a Table of Contents, followed by an Introduction, an Acknowledgements and a Dedication. The book contains twenty-three chapters: 1 - Veterans Organizations; 2 - The Spanish Civil War; 3 - Armed Forces Long Service Awards; 4 - Campaign and Occupation Medals; 5 - War Badges of the Army; 6 - War Badges of the Navy; 7 - Qualification Badges of the Air Force; 8 - War Badges of the Air Force; 9 - Operational Flying Clasps; 10 - Miscellaneous Qualification Badges; 11 - Wound Badges; 12 - Battle Shields; 13 - Cuff Titles; 14 - War Merit Cross; 15 - Honor Roll Clasp; 16 - War Order of the German Cross; 17 - The Iron Cross; 18 - Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross; 19 - Foreign Orders and Decorations; 20 - Awards of the Foreign Volunteers; 21 - Wearing the Award or Decoration; 22 - Markings; 23 - Postwar Production. It concludes with a Bibliography. The book contains 448 pages of detailed text and multiple photographs, printed in black ink, on a coated white paper stock, measuring 158 mm (w) x 235 mm (h) x 28 mm (d). It exhibits very light wear on the exterior covers, with a black smudge evident on page 24, however, the pages within remain pristine. A terrific reference book for collectors and historians alike. Near extremely fine.
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