Collector Bookstore 724 Delaware Street Leavenworth, KS 66048. Collector Bookstore is a leading specialty retailer of price guides and reference books to inform and educate collectors and professionals in the antiques and collectors markets. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, auctioneers & other industry professionals. You won’t receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us! Authors are encouraged to submit their reference titles for our consideration. German Paratroops in North Africa: Tropical Uniforms, Headgear, and Insignia by John Hodgin. German Paratroops in North Africa: Tropical Uniforms, Headgear, and Insignia of the Fallschirmjager in World War II. Hard Cover with dust jacket. 9.25 x 12.38 in. This large-format book is an in-depth photographic study of Luftwaffe tropical uniforms, headgear, and insignia worn by the fallschirmjager during the battles for Africa in World War II. Both full-color and war-era photographs illustrate rare uniforms and equipment including tropical jump smocks, Ramcke Brigade jump helmets, and officer’s “Meyer” caps. This book also provides the first accurate description of the design and development of WWII German jump smocks, each illustrated in large, full-color photographs. (Description generated 2026-07-24) f55172b95d07242819e64244d265ccb4.