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About this book:
This initial volume of a continuing study features formal studio portraits of pre-war dress and wartime uniforms of all arms, as well as photo postal cards taken in the field of various troops. Also included is a sixty page full-color uniform section reproduced from the rare 1914 plates by Major Arthur Schmidt of Infanterie Regiment No. 172. A must volume for the serious military historian, collector, and World War I re-enactor. By Charles Woolley. 376 page hardcover book with over 500 black & white and 50 color photographs.