Description
First edition, first issue of The Nazi Military Field Book, known as the Organisationsbuch der NSDAP, by Dr. Robert Ley.
Octavo, xxiii, [1], 550pp. Publisher’s red cloth, title in silver on spine and front panel. Frontispiece portrait of Hitler opposite title page. German Workers’ Party stamps on title page and half-title. Top edge blue. Generally clean text, free of any marks or notations, some toning to leaves. This is the first issue of Organisationsbuch der NSDAP, with the field manual being published annually from 1936 – 1943. A complete copy, with 71 full-page color illustrations of Nazi military uniforms, flags, field equipment and decorative medals. A scarce piece of military history.