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There are better books out there but this one is very usful for the novice. I am a collector of WW11 items and this has come in very handy for Identifing items, when the tags have been removed from items, A lot of history of the item and would recommend this book to others.
I realize that covering so much more material in a single volume could be prohibitive. Warman's World War II Collectibles book is very informative but it leaves out some gear that could be studied, like tents and the gear that goes along with with tents.
Doesn't have EVERYTHING, but there's lots of good information for you to value items you have, or want to procure.Worth the money. Excellent reference for the military collectible "buff".
Great buy. I would definetly take this to shows for ID help for sure. Being a intermediate collector, I thought this book was great for identifying and giving a good price guide for a great deal of WWII collectibles. Advanced collectors probably would not appreciate the overview of many subjects, but this book plainly states it is not specific in all areas.
There is nothing on numismatics in the book which you might think would turn me off, but I did not really expect to find much if anything on numismatics. The illustrations are excellent. I found it by chance at a book store and since I am a specialist in World War II numismatics (coins and especially paper money and more), I bought it.
So far I have found the text satisfying if brief. I learned a lot and expect to learn much more. Graf lists many hundreds of items in several chapters.
I did not intend to write this review today because I just obtained the book today. Heck, our own book on just the numismatics of the war is over 800 pages. I will try to write a more detailed review later.
When I got home, I found that there were no reader reviews here so I thought that I shold put in at least and short/temporary one. This or any book can only be an introduction to WWII items.
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