Germany, Heer. A Soldbuch to Unteroffizier Kurt Neumann, Heer Construction Units and British POW Archive trimmed along the outer edges

trimmed along the outer edges with woven black threaded piping

ring hallmarked “VM” (for V

Grand Cross Set -  Comprising: Cross

measuring 42 mm (w) x 57 mm (l)

with the inscription VITAM ET SANGVINEM (WITH LIFE AND BLOOD)

Germany, Heer. A Soldbuch to Unteroffizier Kurt Neumann, Heer Construction Units and British POW Archive trimmed along the outer edges(Heer Soldbuch). Constructed of a card stock binding with paginated interior pages filled with handwritten and stamped entries, retaining a certified black and white studio portrait of Neumann, notably closing with a pasted Royal Navy Identity Card indicating that Neumann survived the war and was taken into captivity by British forces, measuring 10 cm (w) x 14. 5 cm (h), demonstrating material fatigue consistent with being carried on the bearers