Title: The collector's guide, brevets parachutistes francais =
First published: 2007
Description: A new publication that brings to the Airborne historian and collector a volume which presents the most comprehensive information on the French Commando to this date.  The volume also contains a concise history of the little known or understood commandos units and operations.
The volume’s most informative and detailed portions deal with the Commando history from pre-WW-II through the war then into the Indochina and Algerian wars.  Subsequent chapters cover the Army, Navy-Marine and Air Force Commandos in addition to the Commando Training Centers.
Over 1,150 Commando insignia are clearly illustrated in full color.  This is a reference work that can be used by all militaria collectors but is an essential tool French and Special Operations insignia collector or historian
Subjects: Insignia, Armed Forces, Airborne troops, Parachute troops, French military
Places: France
Time periods: 1936- present
LC classification: UC535.F7 P84 2007