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categories of this list. |
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A = Badges and Insignia of the Rhodesian Security Forces
1890-1980 by A.J.Arniel |
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AB = Army Badges and Insignia of W.W.II by G.Rosignoli |
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AB1 = Army Badges and Insignia since 1945, book 1, by
G.Rosignoli |
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AB2 = Army Badges and Insignia of W.W.II Book 2, by
G.Rosignoli |
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AC = Army Commandos 1940-45 by M.Chappell |
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AE = Anzac Elite by C.Lord and J.Tennant |
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AF = Badges and Insignia of W.W.II, Air Force, Naval
& Marine by G.Rosignoli, Air Force section |
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ASFI = Allied Special Forces Insignia 1939-48 by
P.Taylor |
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AU1 = Army Uniforms of WWII by A.Mollo and M.McGregor |
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AU2 = Army Uniforms since 1945 by D.Smith and M.Chappell |
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B = Collector's Pictorial Book of Bayonets by
F.J.Stephens |
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B2 = Bayonets, an Illustrated History, by M.J.Brayley |
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B&T = Parachute Badges and Insignia of the World by
R.Bragg and R.Turner |
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B&T = Parachute Wings by R.Bragg and R.Turner |
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B8A = British 8th Army North Africa 1940-43 by R.Adair |
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BA = British Army 1965-80 by D.G.Smith |
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BACB = British Army Collar Badges by Churchill and
Westlake |
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BACI = British Army Cloth Insignia by B.L.Davis |
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BAICB = History of the British Army Infantry Collar
Badge by C.Churchill |
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BAUI = British Army Uniforms and Insignia of World War
Two by Brian L.Davis |
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BBA = Badges of the British Army 1820-1960 by
F.Wilkinson |
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BBI2 = British Battle Insignia (2): 1939-45 by
M.Chappell |
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BMS = British Military Swords 1786-1912, The Regulation
Patterns, by H.J.S.Withers |
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BS1 = The British Soldier Volume 1 by Jean Bouchery |
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BWU = Battlefield Weapons and Uniforms of WWII by
F.Smits |
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C = Contact! by J.Lovett |
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C2 = Contact II by P.L.Moorcraft |
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CA = Canada's Army in World War II by F.R.Tripp |
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CAI = Canadian Airborne Insignia 1942 to Present by
T.Clark and H.Pugh |
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CCC = Canteens, Cups and Covers of the U.S. Army by
L.C.Scott |
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CO = Military Badges and Insignia of Southern Africa by
C.R.Owen |
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DW1 = Starting Out, Collecting South African Militaria,
by Dudley Wall, DW1 followed by |
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the page number and then the badge number |
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DW2 = Insignia and History of the Rhodesian Armed Forces
1890-1980 by Dudley Wall |
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DW3 = Starting Out, Collecting British Insignia, by
Dudley Wall |
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E = The Elite, Rhodesian Special Air Service by B.Cole |
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EP = The Elite Pictorial, Rhodesian Special Air Service
by B.Cole |
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F = Forman's Guide to Third Reich German Awards, 1st
Edition |
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FFLP = French Foreign Legion Paratroops by M.Windrow and
W.Braby |
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FK = Fighting Knives by Frederick J.Stephens |
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GH = History of the German Helmet 1916-1945 by L.Baer |
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GI = Uniforms, Weapons and Equipment of the WWII G.I. by
Sylvia & O'Donnell |
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HHC1 = Regimental Devices in South Africa 1783-1954, by
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H.H. Curson, have HHC1 followed by the page number then the
badge number |
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HHC2 = More Military and Police Devices From South
Africa 1790-1962,
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by H.H. Curson, HHC2 followed by page number and then the badge
number |
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I = Israel Defence Forces Insignia, by M.Furlan |
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IA1 = The Italian Army 1940-45 (1), by P.S.Jowett |
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IA2 = The Italian Army 1940-45 (2), by P.S.Jowett |
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IA3 = The Italian Army 1940-45 (3), by P.S.Jowett |
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IA4 = The Italian Invasion of Abyssinia 1935-36, by
D.Nicolle |
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IA5 = Uniformi e Distintivi Dell'Esercito Italiano
1933-1945, by Paolo Marzetti |
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K&K1 = Head-Dress Badges of the British Army Volume
1, by Kipling and King |
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MAW1 = Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965-80 by
P.Abbott (Osprey) |
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MAW2 = Modern African Wars (2): Angola and Mozambique
1961-74 by P.Abbott (Osprey) |
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MAW3 = Modern African Wars (3): South West Africa by
H-R.Heitman and P.Hannon (Osprey) |
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MC = Military Collectables by J.Lyndhurst, MC followed
by page |
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number and then the badge number, e.g. MC48/31, page 48, badge
number 31 |
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MI = Military Insignia, Wordsworth Handbook |
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MVSN = MVSN Storia, Organizzazione Uniformi e
Distintivi, by Guido Rosignoli |
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N = Badges and Insignia of W.W.II, Air Force, Naval
& Marine by G.Rosignoli, Naval section |
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NZ1 = New Zealand Army Distinguishing Patches 1911-1991
Part 1 by Thomas and Lord |
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NZ2 = New Zealand Army Distinguishing Patches 1911-1991
Part 2 by Thomas and Lord |
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RM39 = Royal Marines 1939-93 by N.van der Bijl and
P.Hannon |
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RM56 = Royal Marines 1956-84 by W.Fowler and P.Hannon |
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RSI1 = R.S.I. Badges and Medals 1943-45 Volume 1, by
Fausto Sparacino |
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RSI2 = R.S.I. Badges and Medals 1943-45 Volume 2, by
Fausto Sparacino |
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S&D1 = Swords and Daggers by Eduard Wagner |
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S&D2 = Swords and Daggers by F.Wilkinson |
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SABW = South Africa's Border War 1966-1989 by Willem
Steenkamp |
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SAWM = South African War Machine by Helmoed-Romer
Heitman |
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SDC = A Collectors Guide to Swords, Daggers and
Cutlasses by Gerald Weland |
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SEASF = South East Asian Special Forces by K.Conboy |
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SF = Special Forces Insignia by James G.Shortt |
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SOF = Uniforms of the Soldiers of Fortune by L.Thompson |
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SRB = Scottish Regimental Badges 1793-1971 |
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SS = Selous Scouts Top Secret War by R.Reid Daly and
P.Stiff |
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SSP = Selous Scouts Pictorial by P.Stiff |
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ST = Collecting Metal Shoulder Titles by Ray Westlake |
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STPA = Some Talk of Private Armies by L.Whittaker |
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SUB = A Guide to Submarine Insignia by A.Philips |
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SUB2 = Through the Periscope, South African Submarines:
The First Thirty Years |
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US = U.S. Army Cloth Insignia 1941 to the Present by
B.L.Davis |
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USMK = U.S. Military Knives, book III, by M.H.Cole |
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WB = World Bayonets 1800 to the Present, first edition,
by A.Carter |
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WS = World Swords 1400-1945, by H.J.S.Withers |
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WSFI = World Special Forces Insignia by G.Rottman |