A Second War Polish Pow Id Tag; Stalag Viii C Auction 0mm (including crown suspension)

0mm (including crown suspension)

with an aluminum bullion portepee with knot and sliding adjustment

with small M

George V (5940 SJT: C

A Second War Polish Pow Id Tag; Stalag Viii C Auction 0mm (including crown suspension)In stamped aluminum, 60 x 40mm, poor. Footnote: STALAG VIII C 5284. Stalag VIII C was located in Sagan, in modern Poland, adjacent to Stalag Luft III ofGreat Escape fame. After the Invasion of Poland, it was filled with Polish Prisoners, who shortly after lost their status as POWs and were sent to Labour Camps in violation of the Geneva Convention. In 1940 it was filled with French and Belgian prisonners from the Western Campaign. The numbers were