ORIGINAL 1938 KRIEGSMARINE NAZI NAVY PHOTO YEARBOOK

The 7 x 9-1/2 inch, 186-page hardcover books was published by order of the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine (High Command of the Navy) by Verlag Breitkopf and Haertel in Leipzig. The yearbook series (there was one volume per year for Heer, Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine) 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 Foreword is written by the Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine (Commander of the Navy), Generaladmiral Dr. h.c. Raeder.