Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Japanese-Made Auxiliary Cruiser Badge Of Oberbootsmann Karlheinz Cares Newly Listed Footnote: Stalag IV-B was one

Footnote: Stalag IV-B was one of the largest prisoner-of-war camps in Germany during the Second War

one year in 1956 and one year in 1957

Generalleutnant Max von Viebahn

stating that he was Single and that his religion was Catholic

DEUMER LÜDENSCHEID" on the reverse

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Japanese-Made Auxiliary Cruiser Badge Of Oberbootsmann Karlheinz Cares Newly Listed Footnote: Stalag IV-B was oneThe Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge comes directly from Cares family, accompanied by a wartime photo and copies of the pages of his Soldbuch. The badge is constructed of silver, obverse depicts central viking longship sailing over a map of the northern hemisphere, within an oval shaped oak leaf wreath, topped with German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, reverse with a wide barrel hinge and flat pinback meeting a round wire catch, marked on