"UNIFORMS & EQUIPMENT IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY" WW2 HELMET JACKET REFERENCE BOOK

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The Japanese soldier of WW2 was a resourceful, resilient fighter, loyal to his Emperor and willing to undergo tremendous hardships. He would, as John Wayne once said, "just as soon die as stick a nickel in a jukebox". The uniforms and equipment of Imperial Japanese Army troops of WW2 have been of great interest to collectors for decades, leading Mike Hewitt to write an authoritative reference book on the subject in 2002, reprinted in a second edition in 2014. This "UNIFORMS & EQUIPMENT IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY" WW2 HELMET JACKET REFERENCE BOOK is in near mint, unread condition, with only some light scattered storage wear evident (most pictured). Otherwise, the book is in near mint shape, with no other damage. Most interestingly, it boasts an elegantly illustrated dust jacket over hardcovers, and sports 287 pages full of descriptive text, period pictures, and color photographs of Imperial Japanese Army cotton and wool tunics, specially designed tropical tunics and shirts, the classic leather marching shoes, the scarce tabi "sneaker" shoes, cotton and wool field caps, examples with havelocks (neck/sun flaps), canteens, service masks, haversacks, Arisaka front and rear ammo pouches in leather and "rubberized" canvas, fur lined cold weather caps and overcoats, cold weather felt/leather boots and shoes, Type 90 steel helmets and covers, cloth covered pith helmets, mosquito headnets and gloves, tanker jackets and bib overalls, Type 30 Arisaka bayonets and scabbards, personal items such as sake cups, and much, much more. A beautiful example of a "UNIFORMS & EQUIPMENT IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY" WW2 HELMET JACKET REFERENCE BOOK. Now celebrating over 20 years on eBay. Bid with confidence and please view our other great military, aviation, and sporting classics, including a German WW2 MWC LUFTWAFFE PILOT B-UHR AUTOMATIC WRIST WATCH in MINT, unworn, new in the box condition, sporting a crisp 60 minute/12 hour (outer/inner) white numbers black dial, and featuring the classic big "onion" crown and sweeping seconds hand with hacking function.
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