Original Item. Only One Available. Camp Fünfeichen (German: Lager Fünfeichen) was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp located in Fünfeichen, a former estate within the city limits of Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg, northern Germany. Built as Stalag II-A Neubrandenburg in 1939, it was extended by the officer camp Oflag II-E in 1940 (renamed Oflag-67, 1944). After the Soviet takeover in 1945 until 1949 it was used as special camp, NKVD-camp Nr. 9 of the Soviet secret service (NKVD). Today, the site of the camp is a memorial.

The camp was built in September 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. The first POWs arrived on 12 September. Some were used for completing the camp construction while housed in tents during the winter. Others were sent to work on farms. From May/June 1940 Dutch and Belgian prisoners arrived from the Battle of France, followed by French. A number of the French were from African colonial regiments and were used for the worst work such as collecting trash.

This is a very scarce Erkennungsmarke (identification tag) dog tag worn by a Russian prisoner of war while held at Camp Fünfeichen Oflag II-E during the war. It is made from stamped zinc, and shows a lovely oxidized patina with some areas of corrosion, but shows no major damage and is still fully legible, reading:-

Oflag. II-E
105

It measures 1 ⅝ x 2 ⅜” and is in good shape, without any breakage in the central hatched portion. 

A great example from a well-known POW camp, ready for further research and display.