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NAZI GEBIRGSTRUPPEN PHOTO BOOK
THE BEST THIRD REICH GEBIRGSTRUPPEN
(MOUNTAIN TROOPS) BOOK
WIR TRAGEN STOLZ DAS EDELWEISS
(WE PROUDLY WEAR THE EDELWEISS)
(MOUNTAIN TROOPS) BOOK
WIR TRAGEN STOLZ DAS EDELWEISS
(WE PROUDLY WEAR THE EDELWEISS)
This is a very nice example of the rare 8-1/2 x 11-1/8 inch, 112 page, very heavily illustrated hard cover First Edition book Wir tragen stolz das Edelweiß - Eine Bildfolge vom Dienst unserer Gebirgstruppen (We Proudly wear the Edelweiss - a Picture Book of the Service of our Mountain Troops) by Max Seidel, a Jäger in a Gebirgsdivision in the field as published by Christian Belser Verlagsbuchhandlung in Stuttgart in 1941.
Following a very brief introduction by General Kübler, the book consists of superb full-page photographs of the arduous training of German Mountain Troops of the Waffen-SS and the Army in the high Alps. Carrying heavy loads and armed with hand grenades, rifles, machine guns and other equipment, the men of the Mountain Troops built bridges and erected cable lifts in waist deep snow at the top of the world.
The photos show all manner of Gebirgsjaeger uniforms and equipment and brief captions provide the reader with an excellent overview. Inside the front cover of the book, but not attached to the book, we found six genuine Edelweiss flowers - the inspiration for the insignia of Nazi Gebirgsjaeger troops.
Other than a stain on the front cover, this First Edition example of Wir tragen stolz das Edelweiß and comes complete with the six Edelweiss flowers.
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This First Edition of Wir tragen stolz das Edelweiß is
**SOLD**. We will be happy to ship abroad at additional cost. Please inquire. USM book# 78 |
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