FALLSCHIRMJAGER IN PORTRAIT

Gli Autori hanno raccolto oltre 300 straordinarie foto, originali della seconda guerra mondiale e in gran parte inedite, di paracadutisti tedeschi in uniforme. Le immagini riprodotte a piena pagina (di soldati in posa scattate da fotografi di professione) forniscono agli appassionati di uniformi, di insegne e di distintivi delle truppe aviotrasportate tedesche una ricca fonte di dettagli e particolari, e saranno particolarmente gradite e utili anche ai numerosi collezionisti. 

A little more than 30,000 men of the Wehrmacht and SS qualified to wear the famed Fallschirmschützenabzeichen, or Paratrooper Badge, between 1936 and 1944. The badges they wore, and the images of the men who wore them, are avidly sought by collectors and historians around the world today. The authors have assembled over 300 indoor and outdoor posed portrait photographs of the Fallschirmjäger for this volume, most never before published, providing a fascinating representation of the photographer’s art in World War II and a superb study of their uniforms, badges and insignia. In poses ranging from fierce to thoughtful and even poignant, the German paratroops of World War II are seen here in perfect focus, as they wanted to be seen, preserved in deliberate portraiture for posterity.