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

Generalleutnant Max von Viebahn

constructed of black cloth

with a Wehrmacht officer’s wreath directly below

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