The Book of Honor of the German Heavy Artillery – 2 volumes = complete rarity
- Published by the Weapons Association of the former German Heavy Artillery
- Edited by Franz Nikolaus Kaiser – Major (ret.)
- Wilhelm Kolk Publishing House, Berlin 1931 – Volume I
- Publisher CA Weller Berlin 1934 - Volume II
- Each volume with a colored frontispiece – see photo
- Dark blue original linen binding with gold-stamped spine and cover title in large format and colored top edge
- Lid vignette in gold embossing
- Cover corners and edges slightly rubbed
- Volume I: Book block split open on the title page and back cover – see photo
- 1151 pages = 603 + 548
- with numerous photographic illustrations in the text and battle sketches
- several plates, some in color, on art paper, as well as a large fold-out overview map of the heavy artillery listed by regiments at the end of the First World War in 1918, in the appendix of Volume I.
- Font: Fraktur
- Total weight: approx. 8 kg
- Dimensions: 32.5 x 26 x 10.5 cm
- well-preserved, magnificent volumes – see photo
Contents of Volumes I and II, among others:
- Our weapon
- The achievements of heavy artillery in the World War
- Death of the weapon
- Heavy artillery in fortress warfare, trench warfare and mountain warfare
- Coastal artillery
- Gun tables
- The importance of ammunition
- The merits of the fireworks personnel and much more
The books are offered at the above price due to their age and condition.