Axis Pistols: World War Two 50 Year Commemorative Issue, Dedicated to Those Who Fought in the Great Battles of the Second World War- The Pistols of Germany and Her Allies in Two World Wars, Vol. 2 - Hardcover

Still, Jan C.

9781893513075: Axis Pistols: World War Two 50 Year Commemorative Issue, Dedicated to Those Who Fought in the Great Battles of the Second World War- The Pistols of Germany and Her Allies in Two World Wars, Vol. 2

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1893513076 ISBN 13: 9781893513075

Publisher: Still's Books, 1989

This book covers the Army, Luftwaffe, Kreigsmarine, police and NSDAP pistols of Nazi Germany and the pistols of her Axis allies: Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia and Finland, with historic background. A summary fold-out map shows this rich array of pistols distributed across a world at war and battle photographs show these pistols in action. Over 300 pistol variations from 20 nations are described in detail with 600 photos.

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About the Author:

Jan C. Still has collected and researched German pistols for the last 30 years. He is the world's authority on German pistols from World War I and World War II. He has researched the guns' history, markings, manufacture and use in battle and over the years has collected many historic photos and pictures. He has photographed some of the most important gun collections in the country. As a member of NAPCA (National Automatic Pistol Collectors' Association) he continues to be involved in dialog with the pistol collecting community.

Review:

Jan Still has done an outstanding job of intensively researching, compiling, analyzing and summarizing the considerable amount of new information and data that has become available on the pistols of Nazi Germany and her World War II allies over the past years. He has organized this wealth of both old and new data into a very clear, concise and informative presentation.

The information presented in this book will be invaluable to beginning and advanced collectors, dealers, researchers, sudents, historians and firearms authorities alike. Jan Still's dedicated efforts have filled a definite information gap. He is to be especially commended for his diligent and thorough research, and his scholarly presentation of the data. -- From the Publisher

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