Flags of the Third Reich (3): Party & Police Units

by Brian L Davis, Malcolm McGregor (Illustrator)

Overview

In his book Mein Kampf Adolf Hitler claims that he made the decision to use the swastika as the emblem for his fledgling movement.

He was responsible for the shape the swastika finally took, and for the choice of colours used, which set the pattern for all subsequent flags. In this third of a series of texts (MAA 270&MAA 274), Brian L. Davis investigates the flags of the Third Reich party and police units.

The text is complemented by numerous contemporary photographs, and eight full page colour plates by Malcolm McGregor.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780965383
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	03/20/2012
Series:	Men-at-Arms , #278
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	48
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Brian Leigh Davis is one of the world's leading experts on the insignia and regalia of Nazi Germany. He lives and works in Surrey.

Malcolm McGregor is a well known military artist who specialises in illustrating flags, banners and standards.
Brian Leigh Davis is one of the world's leading experts on the insignia and regalia of Nazi Germany. He lives and works in Surrey. He has written several Osprey books, including three Men-at-Arms books about flags of the Third Reich.
Malcolm McGregor spent four years at art school and then went on to work in advertising for ten years. He started freelancing in 1966 and contributed uniform illustrations to Blandfords and several Orbis publications and also provided the figure paintings for 'War Monthly' magazine. He has previously illustrated for Osprey the three-book series on the flags of the Third Reich (Men-at-Arms 270, 274 and 278), and Elite 98: 'British Commanders of World War II'. He lives in London.

Table of Contents

Origins of the Swastika Flag · NSDAP Kreis&Ortsgruppen · The Sturm-Abteilungen · The NSKK · The Hitlerjugend · The Reichsarbeitsdienst · The Plates