Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Japanese-Made Auxiliary Cruiser Badge Of Oberbootsmann Karlheinz Cares GTRexclude Oshima spoke almost perfect German

Oshima spoke almost perfect German and became a good friend of Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop

was a member of the #10 Squadron

appears to be an older strike of this medal

1" (RCMI = Royal Canadian Military Institute

with original Austrian style ribbon

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Japanese-Made Auxiliary Cruiser Badge Of Oberbootsmann Karlheinz Cares GTRexclude Oshima spoke almost perfect GermanThe 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