Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Fritz Zimmermann Auction Archive The exterior of the cover

The exterior of the cover pages bears an array of full-coloured illustrations of various uniform insignia

NCO Otto Derfert (onboard mechanic) and Lieutenant Schäfer (gunner/war correspondent) were killed in action

credited with having served in the Central Mediterranean Area and Continental Europe

with RZM paper label

reverse inscribed "SAAMGEDREVEN DOOR HET LOT / VEREEND IN GEVAAR" in the centre

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Fritz Zimmermann Auction Archive The exterior of the cover(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, diagonally across the badge is a Karabiner 98k rifle with the bayonet attached and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked