BOOKS IN BRIEF
The Awards of the Luftwaffe, by Antonio Scapini, (ISBN: 978-1-5323-3881-1, B&D Publishing, LLC, POB 652, Richmond, MI 48062 Available from: www.bdpublish.com. Hardcover, 9 ½” x 7”, 304 pages, profuse illustrations, a great many in color 2018, $115.00)
When I was just a wee lad with zero interest in militaria, I traded a toy to my friend Timmy for an old German badge. It was a Luftwaffe Pilot-Observer model, early tombac with polished highlights, nickel eagle, fine gilding and massive detailing. Though connected with a grotesque, genocidal regime, it
