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United States Army Shoulder Patches and Related Insignia
William Keller
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Description for United States Army Shoulder Patches and Related Insignia
Num Pages: 240 pages, over 800 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HB; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1502.
Beginning in the Civil War, the U.S. Army sought to find an effective system to distinguish troops from different units. In the closing days of World War I, it finally arrived at a practical and desirable solution with the adoption of the shoulder patch or shoulder sleeve insignia. For more than eighty years, this often simple device, has been the source of pride and inspiration for servicemen everywhere. This new book (the first of a multi-volume set), with a gallery of more than 800 color and sepia toned illustrations of original insignia and period photographs, documents the evolution of these ... Read more
Beginning in the Civil War, the U.S. Army sought to find an effective system to distinguish troops from different units. In the closing days of World War I, it finally arrived at a practical and desirable solution with the adoption of the shoulder patch or shoulder sleeve insignia. For more than eighty years, this often simple device, has been the source of pride and inspiration for servicemen everywhere. This new book (the first of a multi-volume set), with a gallery of more than 800 color and sepia toned illustrations of original insignia and period photographs, documents the evolution of these ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764313943
SKU
V9780764313943
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99-1
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