HISTORY WRIT IN STEEL a review

[Jan C Still]

HISTORY WRIT IN STEEL , German Police Markings 1900 - 1936, by L Donald Maus. *Forward by Joe Wotka the Worlds foremost authority on German police history and weapons.
*384 page full size book,.
*350 full-color illustrations (photos, maps, charts, documents).
*Easy to use Tables contain data on over 2,300 observed police markings.
*Published by Brad Simpson Publishing
*Royalties for this book will be paid directly to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to sponsor research to find a cure for this disease that threatens the lives of about 70,000 children and young adults worldwide.

Standard copies are hardbound and cost $89.95 plus shipping & handling. A limited edition of 200 Deluxe copies has been printed. These are signed, leather-bound, have gilded page edges and cost $150.00 plus shipping & handling. Available from Simpson LTD at http://www.simpsonltd.com/.
or telephone them at 309-342-5800.

My copy of this book arived today. About half of the book is devoted to the unit markings of the Prussian police while the remainder addresses markings of police in Bavaria, Saxony, Thüringen, Anhalt, Braunschweig, the Mecklenburgs, Oldenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Lübeck, Baden, Württemberg, Hessen and the territories surrendered after World War I – Alsace-Lorraine, Danzig, Memelland, Saarland and German Southwest Africa. Other law-enforcement agencies included are the Customs and Finance Administrations of Prussia, Hamburg and Danzig and the Railway and Waterways Protection Police,

“HISTORY WRIT IN STEEL” is the result of years of devoted detailed research and it opens a door into the past of German police marked pistols. Giving them a location and history will greatly increases collector interest and their collector value.

Brad Simpson Publishing did an outstanding job of printing this book with high quality paper and color photographs.

Many thanks to Donald Maus for writing and to Brad Simpson for printing this outstanding book. No German police collector should be without it. Note: parts of this review borrowed from other sources.
Jan C Still

[Don M]

I will attend the SE NAPCA Convention in Chattanooga next weekend. If anyone who is attending has a standard copy of HWIS and wants it signed, I will be very pleased to do so.

[Don M]

Thai Watana Panich Press received the bronze award for overall print and production quality for the Deluxe Edition of History Writ in Steel at this year's Thai Printing Association annual awards ceremony. Congratulations to them and to Brad Simpson for his excellent choice of printers.

[Don M]

I will be signing copies of History Writ in Steel at the Simpson Ltd. tables at the Tulsa Gun Show Nov. 14-15 and the Louisville Show Feb. 20-21. If you have already purchased a copy, bring it in and I will be happy to sign it.

[cirelaw]

Truly My favorite of the year. For years I wondered what the inscription on my sneak Luger mean't. 'LKa 124. I'n five minutes I found the following. Even if You don't yet own a Police marked Luger, this book is not only facinating and colorful. a 'Must Buy'

[Don M]

I will be signing copies of History Writ in Steel at the Simpson Ltd. tables at the Louisville Show Feb. 20-21. If you have already purchased a copy, bring it in and I will be happy to sign it.

[Don M]

Several HWIS corrections and new insights have been added to www.historywritinsteel.com over the last six months or so.

[Neil Young]

Don:
I just purchased the deluxe edition from Simpson. I'm hoping that it comes signed. I'm really looking forward to reading and owning this book.

I am especially proud of the Cystic Fibrosis connection, as a dear friend of ours has a son with the disease. He is a robust young man of 43 years. None of us believed that he would reach his teen years, but here he is. He has periodic bouts that have nearly killed him numerous times. His Mother works tirelessly for the Foundation.

Thank you. It's a good thing you're doing.

Neil Young

[Don M]

I have recently updated several New Insights on my web site (http://www.historywritinsteel.com/New_Insights.html). Item #9 has been added and Items #3 & 7 have been revised.

[pjm30144airborne]

Just ordered my copy from Simpson hope you can make it to Georgia for a signing some day. Thanks

PJM

[Don M]

I want to thank all who have purchased a copy of HWIS. As of the end of 2010, over $4,700 in royalties have been paid by the publisher to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to further research into a cure for this fatal disease. I, my 12-year old grandson who has CF and all my family are deeply grateful.

[Don M]

I have updated the New Insights page of the HWIS web site to add a newly discovered police marking S.P.Th., Schutzpolizei Thüringen: http://historywritinsteel.com/New_Insights.html .

[bradsimpson]

Here is a nice video review of this book: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9pCMd8LhIQ

[Don M]

I have recently added New Insight #13 to my web site (http://www.historywritinsteel.com/New_Insights.html). New evidence has confirmed my original speculative identification of the markings B.S.xxx. as being from the Weimar Schutzpolizei of Braunschweig (Brunswick).