FRENCH ARMY (Volume 2)In the First World War â " from1914 to 1918

Laurent Mirouze, Stà phane Dekerle

ISBN 10: 3902526203 / ISBN 13: 9783902526205

Published by Verlag Militaria, 2008

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HB 640 pp approx. 1700 photographs and illustrations, fully coloured Format. Several hundred uniforms, artefacts and weapons belonging to the Musà e d lâ Armà e in Paris, other prestigious museums and rich private collections have been photographed in this magnificent book typical of publications by Verlag Militaria. Access to these exceptional collections and the exploitation of archives has enabled new fields to be explored. With astonishment the reader will discover original items never before published from such varied fields as aviation, body armours or gas masks. The uniforms of the most senior French military commanders, including the marshalâ s batons of Foch, Joffre and Petain are equally presented to the public for the first time under optimal photographic conditions. Finally, an incredible iconography of the time, consisting of nearly 400 unpublished black-and-white and 10 contemporary coloured photographs from WW1 (â autochromesâ ) drawn from the depths of private and public photograph archives make this work into an indisputable reference book on the uniforms of the French army in the First World War.Overseas clients please note: Due to excessively high wrapped weight shipping is weighted on this title.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: FRENCH ARMY (Volume 2)In the First World War â " from1914 to 1918
• Publisher: Verlag Militaria
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3902526203
• ISBN 13: 9783902526205
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • History
  • Military History

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Synopsis

This work of 640 pages and approx. 1700 photographs presents the incredible development of uniforms, armament and equipment of the French Army form mobilization in August 1914 until the armistice in 1918. It thus completes the work published in 2007 on the French Army at the outbreak of the war. Several hundred uniforms, artifacts and weapons belonging to the Musèe de l'Armèe in Paris, other prestigious museums and rich private collections have been photographed in this magnificent book typical of publications by Verlag Militaria. Access to these exceptional collections and the exploitation of archives have enabled new fields to be explored. With astonishment the reader will discover illustrations never before published from such varied fields as aviation, individual armour or gas masks deriving from the remarkable collection of the museum of the medical corps in Val-de-Grâce. The uniforms and status symbols of the most senior French military commanders are equally presented to the public for the first time under optimal photographic conditions. Finally, an incredible iconography of the time, consisting of nearly 400 unpublished photographs and ten autochromes,the majority of them not used until today, make this work into an indisputable reference book on the uniforms of the French army in the First World War. 640 pages, approx. 1700 photographs and illustrations, fully coloured 29.5 cm x 26.0 cm (linen bound with a protective cover)