A Field Guide to United States Paratrooper Badges, new 4th edition, is a
comprehensive illustrated guide to hundreds of paratrooper badges to aid the
collector community. All paratrooper badges are the same but to the collector
they are not, small details can provide information as to when they were
manufactured and by who. This guide shows the various manufactures and the
details of the badges. Hundreds of photographs provide both the details of the
badges and the hallmarks of the manufacturing companies where ever possible.
While not 100% complete it provides the most comprehensive guide ever produced
on paratrooper badges. In addition un-official badges are shown as well as
badges for supporting roles to the paratrooper.
A history of parachutes dating back to Leonardo daVinci in 1495 provides the
reader a sense of how parachutes came into being and the start of combat
operations in WWII. A list of United States combat jumps is also provided. As
is a section on un-official awards granted to people who lives were saved when
jumping from a disabled aircraft such as the "Caterpillar" award.
If you collect United States military insignia this book is a must for your
reference library. 163 Pages, 100’s of color photos.
Three samples of the pages are provided in this listing.
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