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Col. A. F. Duguid & Clive M. Law (Editor)
Softcover
48 pages
19 illustrations
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A Question of Confidence: The Ross Rifle in the Trenches
$29.95
A new treatment of the Ross history written between the wars by A.F. Duguid who served as the Official Historian for the Canadian Army from 1927 to 1940.
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| Weight | 0.5 kg |
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| Dimensions | 28 × 21.6 × 0.6 cm |
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