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An Officers Only "Oflag" Prisoner Of War Camp (Offizierslager) Identification Tag Auction Champagne Kreuz)Steel, non magnetic, stamped "OFLAG 57 Nr. 10184", 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