Germany, Third Reich. A Photo Album Insignia Newly Listed having several times been entered

having several times been entered in the regimental defaulter

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

the obverse with a black mobile swastika (Hakenkreuz) in the centre within a bed of white paint

He had been a veteran of the Indian theatre

stamped on the left

Germany, Third Reich. A Photo Album Insignia Newly Listed having several times been entered(Fotoalbum Abzeichen). Constructed of aluminum, consisting of a biplane with a mobile swastika on the tail, the reverse with both attachment prongs intact, unmarked, measuring 65 mm (w) 40 mm, in near extremely fine condition.