Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Auction though not till the enemy

though not till the enemy had been driven back

10/BY: CAN: F

then discharged to duty on June 9th

After the war Matthiessen was detained by the British until 1948

heading for Ceylon

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Auction though not till the enemy(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silver feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, with dual visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid,