Collector' Sourcebook

A Guide to Napoleonic
Uniform Reference Sources

Sources: Museums, Dealers, and Clubs

by Calvin W. Hurd


MILITARY MUSEUMS

Many of these museums sell postcards, books, and other publications about their nation's military. When you write, be specific about the period of history you are researching.

National Army Museum
Royal Hospital Road,
Chelsea, London SW3 4HT, ENGLAND

Musee de l'Armee
Hotel des Invalides,
Paris VIIe, FRANCE

Musee Royal de l'Armee et d'Histoire Militaire
Parc du Cinquantenaire 3,
Bruxelles, BELGIUM

Museu Militar
Largo do Museu de Artilharia,
Lisbon, PORTUGAL

Wehrgeschitliches Museum
D-7750 Rastatt,
Schloss Postfach 127, GERMANY

MAGAZINE DEALERS

Magazines no longer published may be available through used book dealers and mail order services specializing in out-of-print publications. For magazines currently in print, contact your local hobby shop, book store, newsstand, or the following:

Wise Owl Worldwide Publications
(English periodicals)
4314 West 238th Street,
Torrance, CA 90505
Phone: (310) 375-6258; fax: (310) 375-0548

RZM Imports Dist.
(French Tradition magazine)
P.O. Box 995,
South Burry, CT 06488
Phone: (203) 264-0774; fax: (203) 264-4967

BOOK, PRINT, & POSTCARD DEALERS

There are dozens of dealers in the U.S. that specialize in new and used books on military history. Some also deal in uniform prints and postcards.

Additional sources include:

Bob Cowan (sells 35mm slides and 3"x5" prints of 10,000-plus Knotel plates)
100 Kiowa Drive South,
Lake Kiowa, TX 76240 U.S.A.
Telephone (817) 668-6420

Art Militaire (books and prints)
P. O. Box 339,
Cammeray, New South Wales 2062 AUSTRALIA

Pompadour Gallery (postcards)
1-3 Fairview Parade, Mawney Road,
Romford, Essex RM7 7HH, ENGLAND

Geoff White Ltd. (postcards)
Rushmoor Lane,
Backwell, BS19 3JA, ENGLAND

Le Cimier (plates by Pierre Conrad and others)
38, rue Ginoux,
75015 Paris, FRANCE

Clubs

Military Miniatures Society of Illinois
c/o Joe Levato
PO Box 394
Skokie, IL 60077
Dues are $15 a year and include the bimonthly journal The Scabbard.

Southern California Area Historical Miniature Society
220 Tola Pl.
Anaheim, CA 92804
Dues are $15 per year and include the publication, The Westerner.

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