Germany, Kriegsmarine. A 1940 Press Photograph Of The Return Of The Supply Ship Altmark Archive for which the Atlantic Star

for which the Atlantic Star had been awarded

The officer on the right is General of the Artillery Christian Hansen

A Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt Schwesterschaft badge

After the war Matthiessen was detained by the British until 1948

or the French Resistance

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A 1940 Press Photograph Of The Return Of The Supply Ship Altmark Archive for which the Atlantic Star(Kriegsmarine Bild). A black and white press photograph of three Kriegsmarine officers, two of whom are wearing 1914 Iron Crosses, I Class, with one also wearing an Imperial Submarine Badge, the reverse with a label indicating the that photo was taken on 28 March 1940 in Kiel during the return of the supply ship Altmark, measuring 183 mm (w) x 130 mm (h), in extremely fine condition. Footnote: The Altmark was an oil and supply ship initially assigned