Germany, Imperial. A Mixed Lot of Awards for First World War Service certificate_of_authenticity The detour through his hometown

The detour through his hometown presumably means that there is in fact no mission and that Matthiessen is just fleeing back home so as to not be captured by Russian forces

and shortly afterwards received his promotion to Senior Lieutenant

CHEMINEL 1930" on the reverse

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Germany, Imperial. A Mixed Lot of Awards for First World War Service certificate_of_authenticity The detour through his hometown(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards for First World War service, including: 1. A Lbeck Hanseatic Cross, constructed of silvered copper with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with red enameled arms, bearing a central Lbeck coat of arms, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), unmarked, measuring 39.