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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Photo Reference, February 10, 2006
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This review is from: World War I German Aviators: The Sanke Cards (Schiffer Military History Book) (Hardcover)
Picture postcards were very popular in Germany before WWI and when new and daring aerial activities caught the attention of the public, the fertile marketing mind of Willi Sanke wasn't far behind. He started with airships and airplanes but with his publication of the photo postcards of Germany's first two great airmen (Boelcke & Immelmann), a new and popular market was born. Every school boy rushed to buy these cards (as American boys bought baseball cards) and Sanke hurried to publish more postcards of "Unser Kampfflieger" (Our Fighting Flyers). Over the years these Sanke Cards have become very expensive collector items and this book offers you a chance to have most of the cards for fraction of the cost of originals.

This large format book has over 270 photos of 132 WWI German aviators. Each postcard is given a full page with a very brief history (birth, death, units, awards, victories). If you want detailed information on these aces you will have to look elsewhere. But if you want to put a face to a name, look at their uniforms and decorations in large clear photographs, then buy this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sanke, November 4, 2010
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This review is from: World War I German Aviators: The Sanke Cards (Schiffer Military History Book) (Hardcover)
Excellent Book...Highly Recommend for the WW1 Aviation Fan...I for one needed two of these books...one for my collecting,the other as a standby if the first one was damaged during my travels.
I rate this book 90/100...to the Author...WELL DONE
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