As I have mentioned before, elsewhere on this forum, I am new to Imperial collecting this year and really have felt like a babe-in-the woods. The first step for me was to find good, usable reference books for our area of collecting.
My first purchases were of Jim Turinetti's books on Pickelhauben. This author's research, the depth of detail, and the incredible help these are on sorting out these helmets cannot be overstated. I really had no idea how complex it was. After all, isn't one "spike helmet" just like another? Wrong.
My next set of purchases was of the Ulrich Heer and Jens Nguyen books on the Imperial German Army published in Austria. I had to get them from three different sources as I wanted the English language versions. One came from Verlag's contact in the USA. Others came from eBay sellers. Finally, I had to order the two-volume set on the Infantry from Verlag in Vienna, Austria and considering the size and weight of these books, shipping was not inexpensive.
Both sets of books were worth every penny. For a guy like me, I could not begin to collect Pickelhauben without Jim Turinetti's references. There is another book that has been very helpful as well which I will feature later.
The multi-volume series on the Imperial Army by Verlag are works of art. Incredible photography and not just picture books -- a lot of text and detail as well as history.
I always told everyone in my previous life as a Luftwaffe and Heer Waffenrock collector to buy books first. It's just as true today -- and we need to support those authors.
Here are some images of those sets of superb texts.
Mike
My first purchases were of Jim Turinetti's books on Pickelhauben. This author's research, the depth of detail, and the incredible help these are on sorting out these helmets cannot be overstated. I really had no idea how complex it was. After all, isn't one "spike helmet" just like another? Wrong.
My next set of purchases was of the Ulrich Heer and Jens Nguyen books on the Imperial German Army published in Austria. I had to get them from three different sources as I wanted the English language versions. One came from Verlag's contact in the USA. Others came from eBay sellers. Finally, I had to order the two-volume set on the Infantry from Verlag in Vienna, Austria and considering the size and weight of these books, shipping was not inexpensive.
Both sets of books were worth every penny. For a guy like me, I could not begin to collect Pickelhauben without Jim Turinetti's references. There is another book that has been very helpful as well which I will feature later.
The multi-volume series on the Imperial Army by Verlag are works of art. Incredible photography and not just picture books -- a lot of text and detail as well as history.
I always told everyone in my previous life as a Luftwaffe and Heer Waffenrock collector to buy books first. It's just as true today -- and we need to support those authors.
Here are some images of those sets of superb texts.
Mike
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