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1927 Shop Apron Selvedge Denim 11oz Metal - Pike Brothers 1927 Shop Apron Selvedge Denim 11oz Metal - Pike Brothers 2
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€57.50
The 1927 Shop Apron selvedge denim apron is a classic workwear garment. It was used by all manner of tradespeople including carpenters, joiners, cobblers, etc. This apron features a traditional cut with large tool pockets. Its denim is robust and will stand the test of time.   - selvedge denim 11 oz, 100% cotton - length: 85 cm - traditional apron...
Douaumont and Vaux - The French Victories of 1916 at Verdun
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Following the definitive failure of the German offensive at Verdun in July 1916, the French prepared with great meticulousness to retake the lost ground in the autumn of 1916. The offensive began in October 1916 and led to the immediate recapture of Fort Douaumont. The recapture of Fort Vaux had to wait until December. Thus, nearly all the ground lost on...
War in the Open Sky - Iraq 1991, the Dreamed Victory
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Ideal victory or illusory victory? An idealized victory in any case, the Gulf War was born from the symmetrical confrontation of the Cold War. It is at once rooted in the 20th century and heralding today's conflicts centred on the mastery of information. The current situation in the Middle East also reveals its long-term consequences. It is therefore rich...
The French and the War of 1870
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The French and the War of 1870

L20210001
€18.96
In July 2020, the country commemorated the 150th anniversary of the outbreak of the War of 1870, which from 18 July 1870 to 28 January 1871 pitted France against a German coalition led by Bismarck's Prussia. Declared for a reason rooted in the Ancien Régime, this conflict is characterised militarily by extremely bloody battles that foreshadow those of the...
1943 CPO Shirt Moleskin Soil Brown – Pike Brothers 1943 CPO Shirt Moleskin Soil Brown – Pike Brothers 2
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€140.83
The U.S. Navy CPO Shirt — a classic among outdoor shirts. Life at sea has always been tough. Sailors' clothing, too, had to adapt to the harshest weather conditions. Over the years, specific cuts and materials established themselves in the navy. The 1943 CPO Shirt is one of those garments that emerged from the U.S. Navy. The cut and the fabric, developed...
Secret Album of the Templars
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Secret Album of the Templars

L20200234
€21.80
A compilation bringing together, in an album illustrated primarily with fine antique colour engravings, the greatest secrets of the Templars… * Following the Secret Guide and the New Secrets on the Templars, a selection of the most mysterious and original stories about the Order of the Temple, gathered in a large-format volume. * Antique colour...
Hell South of Caen
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Hell South of Caen

L20200216
€23.70
Didier Lodieu retraces the history of the 272. Infanterie-Division with the support of that division's veterans' association. All the veterans who fought in Normandy contributed their testimonies, documents and photographs during the 1990s, before the association was dissolved. The division's formation began in the Lyon region, then continued in the south...
Fighting on the Seine
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Fighting on the Seine

L20200212
€31.28
Following "45 Tiger en Normandie" and "D'Argentan à la Seine", Didier Lodieu presents the odyssey of a German horse-drawn division sent into the Eure to slow down the Americans in mid-August 1944. The division's primary objective was to cover the retreat of the German 7th Army still engaged in the Falaise pocket. A sacrificial mission for these soldiers,...
DAGGERS AND KNIVES OF THE THIRD REICH
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€61.61
This work will soon stand as a reference on a subject that will captivate collectors as well as all those passionate about history, who will find here a richly presented treatment of a particularly abundant topic. Since ancient times, the sword that accompanied the knight carried a highly symbolic value. From the sixteenth century onwards, the sword was...
LOBBES 23 August 1914 – The Battle of Heuleu as Told by Its Witnesses
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On 31 July 1914, at five o'clock in the morning, notary Duquenne, burgomaster of Lobbes, was ordered to post the military mobilisation notice in his commune. Like the entire population of the neighbouring villages of the Haute-Sambre, he would witness requisitions, the deployment of Red Cross units and the return of expatriates from the belligerent...
LIGNY 16 June 1815 – The Emperor's Last Victory
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15 June 1815. After the capture of Charleroi, the Emperor has just entrusted command of his left wing to Marshal Ney, with the mission of advancing towards Brussels in order to cut definitively the communications between the Anglo-Dutch Allies and the Prussians. He himself takes command of the right column. To slow the French advance and allow their own...
NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR
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Crécy, Poitiers, Agincourt… the history of the Hundred Years' War as it is taught is punctuated solely by great land battles, chevauchées across France, and sieges of towns and fortresses. Reading these accounts, one would never imagine that this long conflict was also a naval war — that squadrons clashed at sea, that numerous merchant vessels were sunk...
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