This is the highly sought after original 1945 (not dated as such, but indicated in the US national archive as being published in 1945) issue that contains many hundreds of illustrations showing: Color images of all the Army, Navy, Army Air Corps, Marine and Coast Guard divisional patches, insignia, devices, badges and ranks for all units that took part in World War II! Simply put, this is one of the best single source identification guide to collecting United States WW2 militaria! E.g., Airborne, Navy, Infantry, Ranger, US Bomber, etc etc etc. Fantastic and difficult to find Insignia Reference Guide for your USA WW2 collection! Please have a close look at the many pictures for the condition of the item. Pictures are part of the description. See also my other interesting WW2 items that we offer for auction on catawiki!