Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Japanese-Made Auxiliary Cruiser Badge Of Oberbootsmann Karlheinz Cares Newly Listed but formerly known as the

but formerly known as the 1st class with only the Grand Cross German Eagle with Star and the Grand Cross of the German Eagle in Gold with Star ranking above this example

with a Wehrmacht officer’s wreath directly below

By the successful occupation of Tarawa

the interior lined in black silk

in the shape of a traditional pilot’s badge

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Japanese-Made Auxiliary Cruiser Badge Of Oberbootsmann Karlheinz Cares Newly Listed but formerly known as theThe 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