British Army Cap Badges of the Twentieth Century

Items connected with the British military have always been extremely popular with collectors, and the intricate and beautiful badges made to denote a soldier's regiment have always been keenly collected, due to their small size, high quality and the fascinating stories of military derring-do that lie behind each one. The British army cap badge really came into beiong around the turn of the twentieth century, with large badges intended for the blue cloth helmets then in use. Later badges became smaller, and materials changed, as headgear became smaller, and new manufacturing techniques took away the laborious daily cleaning that was part of every soldier's routine for most of the century. With every regiment having numewrous variations of badge, this is a field of collecting that will yield rewards for the collector. With the aid of nearly 200 specially taken colour photographs, Arthur Ward offers a complete introduction to this topic. AUTHOR: Arthur Ward is an avid collector and author on military subjects. Arthur is the founder of www.collectingfrineds.com, an online community for collectors of toys, models emilitaria. SELLING POINTS: British Military badges have always been extremely popular with collectors, due to their small size, high qualityu and fascinating stories that lie behind each one. With ewvery regiment having numerous variations of badge, this is a field of collecting that will yield rewards for the collector, no matter what his budget or ambition. This book is a perfect introduction to the would-be-badge collector - it offers a close examination of a wide range of regimental cap badges and looks at cloth badges and should titles too. Superbly illustrated with 176 colour photographs. Arthur Ward is an avid collector and author on military subjects. 176 colour photographs