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Last Hope: The Blood Chit Story (Schiffer Military History)

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Mr. Baldwin is by far the most knowledgable authority when it comes to Blood Chits and Escape and Evasion kits.

More than just a great reference "Last Hope" is a must have for collectors of Blood Chits and other WWII CBI militaria.

Wish there were more books out about this subject.

Lost Hope is an excellent account of the history, development and vagrancies of the different aviation survival chits used by the allied air forces during World War Two. The book is exceptionally well written and jammed full of factual information, aviation accounts, chit construction materials, chit styles, stamps and issue numbers. The colour photographs are superb with very high detail. There is a lot of information as well as photographs. If you are a collector of chits, or are interested in their development and history, then this book is a definitive account. I highly recommend this book.

As someone who has collected edged weapons, medals, and sundry militaria, this ranks as one of the best reference books that I have come across. The images are fantastic, and the text is well-written to boot! The author describes the history of the blood chit and documents the chits used by the Allies during WW2. A very good resource for the collector and an interesting coffee table book for those who aren't militaria collectors at heart.

This is a really great and important book. It includes much information that is not available anywhere else! I know quite a bit about blood chits, but I learned a great deal. Beyond that, the book includes information on many other aspects of escape and evasion items. Of great importance is the information on escape purses. These were packets of local paper money (and a sometimes coins) to be used in emergencies. As little as there is available on blood chits, they are well documented and reported upon compared to the wallets. Sure, I would like to know more about these great items, I have never found another word on them. Here there are discussions and pictures! The same can probably be said about language phrase books an other items too.

My only complaint about this marvelous book is the large format. I would rather have a smaller book (with more pages). These large books are beautiful and show off the images, but they are harder to read. If it is not clear, I highly recommend this book.

This book is about the only history of blood chits available. It is pretty incomplete in a number of areas because this is such a narrow area of investigation and history.