A Second War Polish Pow Id Tag; Stalag Viii C Archive 160 mm x 270 mm

160 mm x 270 mm

A Spanish Made War Merit Cross

maker marked "S" on the reverse

contact marks and gilt loss

1939 is to award the Officer’s Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy to one Otto Geiger

A Second War Polish Pow Id Tag; Stalag Viii C Archive 160 mm x 270 mmIn stamped aluminum, 60 x 40mm, poor. Footnote: STALAG VIII C 5284. Stalag VIII C was located in Sagan, in modern Poland, adjacent to Stalag Luft III ofGreat Escape fame. After the Invasion of Poland, it was filled with Polish Prisoners, who shortly after lost their status as POWs and were sent to Labour Camps in violation of the Geneva Convention. In 1940 it was filled with French and Belgian prisonners from the Western Campaign. The numbers were