ORIGINAL 1937 / 1939 / 1942 KRIEGSMARINE YEARBOOKS

The 7 x 9-1/2 inch, 186-page hardcover books were published by order of the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine (High Command of the Navy) by Verlag Breitkopf and Haertel in Leipzig. The yearbook series was started in 1937, each book contains a ton of information pertaining the German Naval Forces, new battleships, strategies, war photographs (in the 1939 and onward editions) and much more! The Forewords are written by the Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine (Commander of the Navy), Generaladmiral Dr. h.c. Raeder. The same kind of yearbooks were also published for the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) and for the Heer (Infantry/Panzer). This lot includes the heavily illustrated volumes 1937, 1939 and 1942. All three are in good to very good condition and contain excellent photo material.