An Officers Only "Oflag" Prisoner Of War Camp (Offizierslager) Identification Tag Hold 49 mm x 73

49 mm x 73

issued on May 5

He is documented as being Absent Without Leave for a third time

maker marked "FREDERICO DA COSTA LISBOA" on the reverse cartouche

An Officers Only "Oflag" Prisoner Of War Camp (Offizierslager) Identification Tag Hold 49 mm x 73Steel, non magnetic, stamped "Oflag XI A 15159", tag is a half tag and separated at the slotted centre portion, two die holes along the top edge, 20 mm x 60 mm, near extremely fine. Footnote: An Oflag (Offizierslager) was a prisoner of war camp for officers only, established by the German Army in both the First World War and the Second World War, in accordance with the requirements of the Geneva Convention (1929) (or the 1899 Hague Convention in the