The book features more than two dozen articles on military hats, helmets and other headgear from around the world. This publication also includes more than 200 color photographs as well as period prints and illustrations.
A Gallery of Military Headdress includes articles from noted authors Peter Suciu, Stuart Bates, Benny Bough, Clive Law and Pedro Soares Branco. Foreword by noted author Chris Armold. Topics will include the development of the French Adrian helmet, the history of Communist Bloc helmets, Japanese World War II headgear, British Bearskin caps, the British Home Service Helmet, Scottish headdress, the origin and evolution of spiked helmets, military conical hats and much more.
Testimonial:
“A Gallery of Military Headdress is a highly valuable resource that examines this often overlooked component of military uniforms. The book features over 280 high quality colour photographs, detailing an extensive range of military helmets, caps, hats, turbans, etc. from a wide variety of nations and across many time periods. Many of the most well known and more obscure types of headdress from the U.K, Europe and America are covered in detail, but there is also extensive coverage of the Middle East, Central Asia and India.
Heavily illustrated with colour illustrations, modern and period photographs, and accompanied by extensive…
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