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GR24

WHEN NAZI GERMANY RULED EUROPE THEY HAD THOUSANDS OF MILES OF COAST TO GUARD FROM GREECE TO NORTHERN NORWAY. THE COAST ARTILLERY UNITS WERE MOSTLY KRIEGSMARINE BUT INCLUDED LUFTWAFFE AND HEER UNITS AS WELL.

THIS IS A DETAILED LOOK AT THE EQUIPMENT AND GUN POSITIONS.

INCLUDES ;

1) 400+ PHOTOGRAPHS OF GUNS AND POSITIONS IN B&W AND COLOR

2) BRITISH INTELLIGENCE OBJECTIVES SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT ON THE " GERMAN COAST ARTILLERY EQUIPMENT     USED ON THE WEST COAST OF DENMARK  95 PAGES , ILLUSTRATED , ENGLISH LANGUAGE

3) MERKBLATT FUR DEN STELLUNGSBAU ( INSTRUCTIONS FOR BUILDING GUN POSITIONS) , 40 PAGES , ILLUSTRATED , GERMAN LANGUAGE

4) BESTIMMUNGEN UBER REGELBAUTEN DER KREIGSMARINE ( BUILDING SPECIFICATIONS FOR KRIEGSMARINE BUNKERS ) 140 PAGES , MANY ILLUSTRATIONS OF COAST ARTILLERY BUNKER DESIGNS

500+ PAGES OF DETAILED INFORMATION AND ILLUSTRATIONS ON THE SUBJECT OF COAST ARTILLERY

 CD FORMAT ONLY.

 This is a professional transfer page by page scan of a good original  of this rare publication.

PROFESSIONAL PAGE BY PAGE TRANSFER TO CD.

  WELCOME TO THE CRITTENDEN SCHMITT ARCHIVES ON LINE MUSEUM AND DEACQUSITION SALE.

 THE ITEMS IN OUR REFERENCE COLLECTION DATE BACK TO ABOUT 1849 WHEN MY GREAT UNCLE, RALPH CRITTENDEN AND HIS PARTNER RICHARD TIBBALS CREATED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL AMMUNITION FACTORY IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DRAWN CARTRIDGES , PERCUSSION CAPS AND ALL FORMS TO AMMUNITION OF INTEREST TO THE GUN MANUFACTURING FACTORS OF THE DAY. SPENCER , SHARPS , HENRY , VOLCANIC, JENNINGS, REMINGTON, JOSLYN,WESSON,BALLARD,BACON,BLISS,WARNER AND SMITH AND WESSON ALL SOLD CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS AMMUNITION UNDER THEIR OWN TRADE NAME. THE UNION ARMY BOUGHT MILLIONS OF CTM PERCUSSION CAPS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SPENCER CARTRIDGES DURING LINCOLN’S WAR AND ALL OF THE SPENCER AMMUNITION USED IS THE FIRST MAJOR BATTLES INCLUDING GETTYSBURGH WERE ALL MADE BY CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS

**Over the course of the next couple of years we will be offering for sale thousands of rare specimens of museum quality many of which have never been offered for sale before and which you will likely never see for sale again. Why are we selling this archive and reference collection? After 150+ years of interest in ammunition there is no one else interested in the field in our family. My personal collecting has spanned 50 years and I am at an age when it is time to stop and pass on such activities to others.