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Just a SAMPLE of Quality Items Offered by Johnson Reference Books & Militaria!

	New Items. This is a NEW section which will continually provide updated new items that are not found in our current JRB&M sales catalog. It will include edged weapons, accouterments, parts, medals & decorations, miscellaneous, etc. Keep checking for updates!
	Edged Weapons     Imperial and Third Reich Edged Weapons (original dress daggers, swords and bayonets). The largest and most complete inventory of original items offered anywhere in the world! We also have a selection of weapons from non-german countries.
	Medals and Decorations     Imperial & Third Reich Medals & Decorations (original medals, medal bars, ribbons, award documents, etc). We also offer extensive groupings of medals, decorations, and documents presented to the same individual.
	Uniforms, Headgear, and Accessories      We have a variety of original museum quality items including original uniforms, hats, helmets, flags, and armbands.
	Reference Books     We have all of the reference books you need to do research on edged weapons or for your reading enjoyment. Reference books including those written by LTC (Ret.) Thomas M. Johnson, rare/out of print references, rank lists, original sales catalogs, and other reference books.
	Accouterments and Parts      We have a variety of accouterments to replace missing or damaged pieces. Edged Weapon Accouterments & Parts: original portepees, sword and dagger hangers, frogs, and other accouterments. Original parts including Pommels, Crossguards, Scabbards, Grips, Screws, Blades, etc.
	Miscellaneous Militaria       Miscellaneous Militaria Included in this section are other types of Militaria such as postcards, printing cliches, Allach porcelain, A.H. silverware, regimental steins, maintenance and preservation items, storage cases, Solingen manufactured items, MAX Show items, etc.
	Consignment Pieces      Consignment Pieces entrusted to us by third parties because we have been selling militaria for over 30 years.

GERMAN DAGGERS OF WORLD WAR II
A Photographic Reference
by Thomas M. Johnson

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GERMAN SWORDS OF WORLD WAR II
A Photographic Reference
by Thomas M. Johnson

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Imperial German Edged Weaponry
by Thomas M. Johnson
with Victor Diehl and Thomas Wittmann

This 3-volume set on Imperial German swords, daggers, and bayonets is a follow-up to the author’s successful and highly acclaimed 4-volume series on World War II German Daggers (2005), and his equally heralded 3-volume series on World War II German Swords (2006).

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JRB&M Sales List Abbreviations
   @ - each
   A.F. - Air Force
   DJ - German Youth
   DLV - German Air Sports Formation
   DRK - German Red Cross
   DRP - Deutsches Reiches Post
   EM - Enlisted Man (Subordinate)
   Eng. - Engraved
   Exc. - Excellent
   Exc+ - Better than excellent, not as good as near-mint
   GO/Dipl - Government Official/Diplomatic
   HJ - Hitler Youth
   Imp. - Imperial
   JRB&M - Johnson Reference Books & Militaria
   KM - Kriegsmarine
   Lt. - Lieutenant
   LW - Luftwaffe
   LZ - Land Customs
   NCO - Non Commissioned Officer
   NPEA - National Political Educational Institute
   NSFK - National Socialist Flying Corps
   NSKK - National Socialist Motor Corps
   OP - Out of Print
   POR - Price on Request
   RAD - Reichs Labor Service
   RC - Red Cross
   RLB - German Air Protection Federation
   RZM - Reichszeugmeisterei
   SA - Storm Troops
   Ser. No. - Serial Number
   SS - Elite Guard
   T.R. - Third Reich
   TM - Trademark
   TN or TENO - Technical Emergency Corps
   VG - Very Good
   VG+ - Better than VG, not as good as excellent
   w/ - With
   w/o - Without
   WW - World War
   WZ - Sea Customs

Grading Scale
   See Volume I of Collecting the Edged Weapons of the Third Reich, pages 305 - 308 for examples of daggers ranging in grade from "Good" to "MINT". Please note that this same scale is used when rating other items in this catalog. Our JRB&M rating scale from low to high would be graduated as follows: Fair, Good, Very Good, Very Good+, Excellent, Excellent+, Excellent++, Near Mint, MINT.