Saxe-Weimar. An Order Of The White Falcon, Second Class Knight, C.1910 Newly Listed Backe had already been the

Backe had already been the de facto superior technocrat in his ministry since 1936

ornate design on the clips and buckles matching that of the scabbard

Mecklenburg-Schwerin: Military Merit Cross (bronze gilt

as well as fifteen crew members

A photo from the National Institute for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries

Saxe-Weimar. An Order Of The White Falcon, Second Class Knight, C.1910 Newly Listed Backe had already been the1902 1918 issue. (Groherzoglich Schsischer Hausorden vom Weien Falken Ritterkreuz 2. Klasse); a silver Maltese cross with green enameled arms, and red enameled parallelograms between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a large leftward facing white enameled Falcon superimposed in the center; the reverse with a central gilt applique with bright blue enamels, inscribed Viginando Ascendimus (Latin We rise through watchfulness), with white enameled