Matthiessen was invited and subsequently attended a secret meeting in 1941 that outlined the planned Operation Barbarossa
Canadian coat-of-arms on the lid
The reverse features a notched screw-down caseback and is marked “RCAF SERIAL No
A light gold rayon-blended liner fully encompasses the interior
concealed within its period original sleeve
Germany, Weimar Republic. An Honour Badge for Frontline Fighters of the World War 1914-1918 Auction Archive Matthiessen was invited and subsequently(Ehrenzeichen Frontkmpfer des Weltkrieges 1914 1918). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the top and bottom by ribbon, surrounding a central crowned German national eagle bearing a Stahlhelm and crossed swords, circumscribed by an inscription of FRONTKMPFER DES WELTKREIGES 1914 1918 (FRONTLINE FIGHTER OF THE WORLD WAR 19141 1918), the reverse with a vertical pinback, unmarked,