About this item
Collecting Preserving WWII History Since the end of World War II, veterans, collectors, and history buffs have bought, sold, and traded the spoils of war. Souvenir collecting began as soon as troops set foot on foreign soil. Soldiers looked for wartime trinkets and keepsakes to remind them of their time in the service, validate their presence during the making of history, and generate income when they returned home. Today these items help us understand and define a time when almost the entire world was at war. Newly expanded and completely updated, Warmans World War II Collectibles, 3rd edition, is a comprehensive full-color resource on World War II militaria. Illustrated with 1,800 all-new color images, the book is loaded with information and current values for uniforms, footwear, headgear, medals, firearms, bayonets, knives, personal items, accoutrements, and groupings--a new category--from the United States, Germany, England, Japan, the former Soviet Union, and other countries from 1939-1945.
About the Author
John Adams-Graf ("JAG") has been collecting military relics since he was a little boy. After obtaining his MA in Museum Studies from Eastern Illinois University, he worked in the museum profession for many years before becoming editor of Military Trader and Military Vehicles Magazine. In addition, he shares his musings on the world of military relic and historic military vehicle collecting in his every-other-week blog, "The JAG File."
A self-proclaimed scholar of the Mexican-American War (1846-48) , JAG continues his research in a variety of areas, including the origins of the American Tank Corps during WWI, early photographic processes, and the American Civil War.
