A leading expert on German medals and political awards provides a definitive guide to those issued in occupied and annexed states. With an informative collectio

Includes a fascinating selection of photographs illustrating the medals described.

Orders, medals and honor insignia were extremely important symbols among German military forces during World War II. Easily recognizable, the decorations on the

In the years after World War I, the defeated and much-reduced German Army developed new clothing and personal equipment that drew upon the lessons learned in th

The powerful German counteroffensive operation code-named “Wacht am Rhein” (Watch on the Rhine) launched in the early morning hours of December 16, 1944, wo