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BATTLE DRESS A GALLERY OF MILITARY STYLE AND ORNAMENT

Written by Frederick Wilkinson
Published by Guinness Signatures in 1970
ISBN: 0851121721

BATTLE DRESS A GALLERY OF MILITARY STYLE AND ORNAMENT
Written by Frederick Wilkinson.
Stock no. 1806994
1st. 1970. Hardback. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0851121721. Light scuffing of surface paper to top edge of free front endpaper. Text block a little grubby, contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is browned and worn at corners.

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Cover of BATTLE DRESS A GALLERY OF MILITARY STYLE AND ORNAMENT by Frederick Wilkinson

Contents

  • 1. THE ANCIENT WORLD
  • 2. THE AGE OF LEGIONS
  • 3. MAIL AND PLATE
  • 4. THE LATTER DAYS OF PLATE
  • 5. THE EVOLUTION OF THE HELMET
  • 6. THE TOURNAMENT: WARFARE AS SPECTACLE
  • 7. ORIENTAL ARMOUR
  • 8. UNIFORMS: THE FIRST TWO CENTURIES
  • 9. BRITISH UNIFORM SINCE 1800
  • 10. THE VOLUNTEERS
  • 11. GERMAN UNIFORMS
  • 12. BADGES AND BUTTONS
  • 13. BETLS, BUCKLES AND ACCOUTREMENTS
  • 14. BOOKS AND PRINTS
  • 15. COLOURS AND CAMPAIGNS
  • 16. CARE AND COLLECTING
  • 17. INDEX