Author: Alberti; Bruno; Pradier, Laurent
Publisher: Histoire & Collection
Year: 2007
ISBN: 9782915239997
Binding: Pictorial Cover
Book Condition: As New
Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Description:
New book, 144 pages. For more than ten years the authors have been contributing a complete series of articles on the topic in the French 'Militaria Magazine'. The series in now complete and time is due for a revised and expanded publication as a bound volume. The Marine Corps has always boasted a special status among the American Armed Forces, as well as distinctive uniforms and emblems. This new book presents the marge variety of dress uniforms for officers and enlisted men, as well as combat uniforms and specific camouflaged garments. Hundreds of items of clothing, equipment and insignia are illustrated by reconstructed pictures of the famous 'leathernecks' and large format color plates. Many period photos found in a official American archives also place the reconstructions in their original perspective.