A Wartime Signed Photo Of Reich Minister For Agriculture And Ss-Obergruppenführer Herbert Backe certificate_of_authenticity RAMASAMY MALAYA HG

RAMASAMY MALAYA HG

receiving his ERII Memorial Cross

with scimitar-wielding hand and mobile swastika machine embroidered in silver-grey thread on the soft black wool

in the background

Saxe-Ernestine House Order – Gold Commander's Cross

A Wartime Signed Photo Of Reich Minister For Agriculture And Ss-Obergruppenführer Herbert Backe certificate_of_authenticity RAMASAMY MALAYA HGA 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.