A Wartime Signed Photo Of Reich Minister For Agriculture And Ss-Obergruppenführer Herbert Backe Auction Archive weighing 33

weighing 33

reverse inscribed "FORTJENT" (Deserved) inside an open-ended wreath

Order of the German Eagle with Swords by Godet  - Neck cross in silver gilt and enamels

reading “The production of orders and medals is subject to the control of the presidential chancellery

1 page) from 1965

A Wartime Signed Photo Of Reich Minister For Agriculture And Ss-Obergruppenführer Herbert Backe Auction Archive weighing 33A photo, measuring 180x129mm, very fine condition, minor discolouration and intermittent warping. It shows Herbert Backe awarding a decoration to a civilian. Footnote: Herbert Friedrich Wilhelm Backe (18961947) was born in Batumi, Georgia, which at the time was under Russian control. His father had been a Prussian officer who left the military and became a merchant. When the First World War began, Backe was interned due to being a Prussian citizen.