Joe Lyndhurst

What a neat picture book of all sorts of things militaria. Interesting to look at items that can sometimes be seen in WWII movies made after the war. Tells if the movie had accurate depictions (or not) of events, uniforms, weapons, etc.

I remember in Kelly's Heroes there was scene with American tanks coming out of railroad tunnel at a rail station. The reacting German railway soldiers had odd looking medallions around their necks. The book actually reviews that these medallions were real issues for the rail security guard forces. Decent realism. Someone did their homework.

While in Germany in the 1980's, I bought a duplicate Luftwaffe dagger (supposedly made in Spain from the original German die casts). I found the original dagger in the book so it was interesting to compare mine to the book's picture.

Neat armchair book to browse through.… (meer)