SIGNED "VTG FLYING HELMETS" US BRITISH GERMAN WW1 WW2 FLIGHT CAP REFERENCE BOOK

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The flight helmets, goggles, and oxygen masks used by the warring powers in WW1, the inter-war period, and WW2 have been of great interest to collectors for decades, leading Mick Prodger to write an authoritative reference book on the subject in 1995. This SIGNED "VINTAGE FLYING HELMETS" US BRITISH GERMAN WW1 WW2 FLIGHT CAP REFERENCE BOOK is in near mint, unread condition, with only some light scattered storage wear evident (most pictured). Otherwise, the book is in near mint shape, with no other damage. Most interestingly, it's signed by the author on an artful bookplate on the title page, boasts an elegantly illustrated dust jacket over hardcovers, and sports 333 pages full of descriptive text, period pictures, and color photographs of US, British, German, Imperial Japanese, and Soviet flight gear from WW1, the inter-war period, and WW2, including AAF crush caps, B-2 gunner caps, flak helmets, and Resistal goggles, US Navy/Marine Corps WW2 "Volcano" ear cup flight helmets, modified deck helmets, oxygen masks, and Seesall goggles, RAF flight helmets, goggles, spectacles, and crash helmets, Luftwaffe "splinter" goggles, oxygen masks, and flak helmets, Imperial Japanese Air Force and Navy flight helmets, goggles, and oxygen masks, Soviet aviation equipment, and a plethora of other invaluable information. A beautiful example of a SIGNED "VINTAGE FLYING HELMETS" US BRITISH GERMAN WW1 WW2 FLIGHT CAP REFERENCE BOOK. Now celebrating over 20 years on eBay. Bid with confidence and please view our other great military, aviation, and sporting classics, including a German WW2 MWC LUFTWAFFE PILOT B-UHR AUTOMATIC WRIST WATCH in MINT, unworn, new in the box condition, sporting a crisp 60 minute/12 hour (outer/inner) white numbers black dial, and featuring the classic big "onion" crown and sweeping seconds hand with hacking function.
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