Originally sold ages ago by ERH publishers, this volume covered how to decode and translate German dog tags from WW2. Also very useful for Wehrpasses, Soldbuchs and most WW1 dog tags.
 
What used to take quite a while to work which German word had been abbreviated, then translating that word into something that made sense, and then understanding it in a military context, now takes seconds using this book.
 
This reproduced version has a few more pages than the original offering full examples of dog-tags owned by the author showing you exactly which units they represent and, in some cases, where those units fought.

The book starts with an overall introduction of dog tags and where they were first used. After that,  it moves into the German systems of WW2 and the relationship between dog tags and other types of German ID. The bulk of the book is the decoding section, where you simply look up any abbreviations you need to understand and read the results in English. Simple! As far as I know this is the only book of its kind in English. 

The book contains hundreds of photos of original dog tags and pieces of dog tags, as well as many illustrations of the more hard to find tags. An excellent book and really useful for any collector of Third Reich militaria. 

By having this reprinted as a paperback the price has been kept right down. The print and paper types used are high quality and the paper finish is excellent.
 
So many of these specialist collector books are sold in hardback only, and the last I purchased myself on shoulder-boards was well over £50! Ouch! 

This book currently cannot be purchased anywhere else. If you want a signed copy the author is happy to sign and dedicate to anyone you wish. I'm not sure how long he will be happy to keep doing this, but for now its fine.

PLEASE NOTE - This book is fully included inside our larger book 'Name Rank & Serial Number', which also includes stacks of in-depth information on many other county's identity discs and dog-tags. If you just are just after information on German tags, then Guide to German Dog Tags is great, but if you have any interest in other nations then Name Rank & Serial Number may be better.