• All prices updated to accurate 2007 valuations
  
• All 1st & 2nd Edition inaccuracies have been corrected
  
• Small 4-1/4" x 6" pocketbook format, softbound reference is perfect for carrying to militaria shows, gun shows, and auctions
  
  
  
• Allows a novice to buy, sell, and trade with precision
  
• Includes entire chapter on how to spot reproductions
  
• Guaranteed to improve your own edged weapon knowledge and experience

GERMAN SWORDS OF WORLD WAR II
A Photographic Reference
by Thomas M. Johnson

This 3-volume set on World War II German swords by LTC (Ret.) Thomas M. Johnson, a leading collector and authoritative researcher, is a follow-up to his successful and highly acclaimed 4-volume series on World War II German Daggers by Schiffer Publishing (2005). LTC Johnson is the author of some twenty-six reference books on the subject of German edged weaponry. This sword series has been designed to aid not only the beginning collector, but also the seasoned advanced collector and specialist. These volumes are the result of many years of arduous research conducted on both sides of the Atlantic, and are a scholoarly study that is more than a perfunctory annotation and illustration of the known basic patterns. Also, the series is a study of a culture and the crafts that actually produced the blades, as well as being a manual in the art of collecting them. The embracing scope is both educational and recreational, and adds a whole new dimension to this popular collecting subject as a whole. Within these books one finds the historical background, the manufacturing techniques, constructional information, the actual basic patterns, variations and rarities, and a whole host of salient facts of absorbing interest.

Volume 1 - Army
9” x 12”, over 400 color and b/w photographs, 304 pages, hardcover
$79.95 + Postage

Volume 2 - Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, SA, SS
9” x 12”, over 400 color and b/w photographs, 304 pages, hardcover
$79.95 + Postage

Volume 3 - DLV, Diplomats, Customs, Police and Fire, Justice, Mining, Railway, Etc.
9” x 12”, over 400 color and b/w photographs, 336 pages, hardcover
$79.95 + Postage

ALL VOLUMES WILL BE AVAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY FROM Johnson Reference Books & Militaria

"Collecting the Edged Weapons of the Third Reich CROSS-INDEX".
By LTC (Ret.) Thomas M. Johnson and A. "Bram" Wasmus. Paperback, 105 pages. $15.@

"Collecting the Edged Weapons of the Third Reich", Volume I.
Hardbound. (New 4th edition.) Autographed copies on request. $58.50@

"Collecting the Edged Weapons of the Third Reich", Volume II. SOLD OUT *** OUT OF PRINT
Hardbound. (2nd edition.) New dust jacket features the Adolf Hitler Solingen Presentation Sword. Autographed copies on request. $58.50@

"Collecting the Edged Weapons of the Third Reich", Volume III.
Hardbound. (2nd edition.) Autographed copies on request. $58.50@

"Collecting the Edged Weapons of the Third Reich", Volume IV. Hardbound.
(2nd edition.) Autographed copies on request. $58.50@

"Collecting the Edged Weapons of the Third Reich", Volume V.
Hardbound. Newly reprinted 2nd edition! $58.50@

"Collecting the Edged Weapons of the Third Reich", Volume VI.
Hardbound. (1st edition.) Autographed copies on request. $58.50@

"Collecting the Edged Weapons of the Third Reich", Volume VII.
Hardbound. (1st edition.) Autographed copies on request. $58.50@

"Collecting the Edged Weapons of the Third Reich", Volume VIII.
Hardbound. (1st edition.) Autographed copies on request. $58.50@

"German Daggers of WWII Germany" By LTC (Ret.) Thomas M. Johnson, Published by Schiffer Publishing, LTD - 4-Volumes - $250.00 + Postage for all four volumes. All volumes hardbound, 9" x 12" format. Also sold per individual volume:

• Volume 1 - Army, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine. Over 240 color and b/w photographs, 224 pages. $79.95@
• Volume 2 - Feldherrnhalle, SS, NSKK, NPEA, RAD, Hitler Jugend. Over 470 color and b/w photographs, 384 pages. $79.95@
• Volume 3 - DLV/NSFK, Diplomats, Red Cross, Police and Fire, RLB, TENO, Customs, Reichsbahn, Postal, Hunting and Forestry. Over 380 color and b/w photographs, 320 pages. $79.95@
• Volume 4 - Recently Surfaced Rare and Unusual Dress Daggers, Hermann Göring Bejeweled Dress Daggers, Reproductions, Solingen Update. Over 100 color and b/w photographs, 112 pages. $39.95@
  

"German War Booty--A Study in Photographs". Hardbound, printed in 2003, published by Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Over 580 large format color and black & white photos. 368 pages. $79.95@

"Third Reich Edged Weapon Accouterments".
Paperback, 2nd edition. Autographed copies upon request. $25.@

"Wearing the Edged Weapons of the Third Reich", Volume II.
Paperback. Seventy-one pages of black & white photographs of edged weapons in wear. Autographed copies upon request. $25.@

"Wearing the Edged Weapons of the Third Reich, Volume III.
96 pages. Paperback. Black & white photographs of edged weapons in wear. Autographed copies upon request. $25.@

SPECIAL! "World War II German War Booty". LTC (Ret.) Thomas M. Johnson. Hardbound, red leather with gold leaf imprinted title; English text. Books show selected source photos of war booty being "liberated". Volume I includes photographs of the Göring Wedding sword as well as the Reichsmarshal Dagger, while Volume II includes photos of cased medals, Knights Cross Documents and Göring's Mercedes on tour in the United States in 1946. Minor surface wear to leather bindings.

• Volume I. 1st edition (1982) 90 pages, (out-of-print). EX++/Near MINT (24060A) $150.
• Volume II. 1st edition, (1984) 94 pages. EX++/Near MINT (24060B) $95.
  

"World War II German War Booty, Volume II.
94 pages. Paperback. Many black & white photos. Autographed copies upon request. $25.@

"World War II German War Booty, Volume III.
118 pages. Paperback. Black & white photos and some color plates. Autographed copies upon request. $25.@

"World War II German War Booty, Volume IV.
150+ pages. Paperback. Black & white photos and color plates. Autographed copies upon request. $35.@

"World War II German War Booty, Volume V.
150+ pages. Paperback. Black & white photos and color plates. Autographed copies upon request. $35.@