Fusilier, Volume 1, Number 1, Autumn 1973. Premier Issue.
La Puente, CA: Baron Publishing Company, 1973. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Magazine. 26 cm, 48 pages. Wraps. Map. Illustrations (black and white). Covers somewhat worn and soiled. Pencil erasure on table of contents. Fusiliers is a name given to various kinds of soldiers; its meaning depends on the historical context. While fusilier is derived from the 17th-century French word fusil – meaning a type of flintlock musket – the term has been used in contrasting ways in different countries and at different times, including soldiers guarding artillery, various elite units, ordinary line infantry and other uses. Cover illustration is a modern-day Fusilier, the German Panzer-grenadier of World War II wearing typical reversible German camouflage winter clothing and carrying a MP44 machine carbine, rendered by LT. Bruce Weigle (USAF). The read cover has two photos of the Soviet SA-4 "Gannet" Anti-aircraft Guided Missile (SAM) on its mobile launching vehicle. More