Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Japanese-Made Auxiliary Cruiser Badge Of Oberbootsmann Karlheinz Cares Newly Listed Generalleutnant Max von Viebahn

Generalleutnant Max von Viebahn

By the successful occupation of Tarawa

stating that he was Single and that his religion was Catholic

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 Generalleutnant Max von ViebahnThe 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