More…

Pierre

Here is some more:

The “shoulder patch” looking item – the black monument over the black white and red flag: It is off a black armband for DRKB-Deutscher ReichsKriegerBund (German National-Veteran’s-Association) – if you look at it closely you can see the black threads around the edges from where it was cut off.

The small circular badge with what looks like gold thread around the edge with a flag and monument in the middle …. (for this one I offer two possibilities)

 1) it is a miniature, probably to be sewn on a jacket  of the Grand flag for the German DRKB, “Deutscher Reichs-Krieger-Bund” (German National-veterans’-association)

2) I found a website that says it’s a German Imperial Cap badge (but with no further information). To me a German Imperial Cap badge is from WW I.

The Eagle with the Swastika still eludes me but I’m searching …..

The cloth badge with the pin of the German Imperial Naval Ensign eludes me as well.

I can find similar cloth badges but not an exact match.

Now, to put this all together because until a few minutes ago this was confusing me …. why would a World War II POW come home to Canada and bring home German World War I medals and insignia from a German veterans association that would be full of WW I members?

Then it hit me!

The guards at the POW camps were men deemed to old for the front lines but could still serve the Third Reich as POW camp guards – such a World War One vets.

Yours Aye

Garry