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

from January 1947 to December 1949

A 1941-42 Northern Front Cross - In silvered and enameled tombac

1955 and continued his education

Eight brass button closure on the front

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