Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity Backe was arrested and committed

Backe was arrested and committed suicide for fear of being extradited to Russia

Blue and Green Sections set largest destroyer on fire and it is probably sunk

and a Field Group Portrait of Eleven Men in Front of a Tent

1936 he was awarded the Air Gunner’s Badge for his service in the Luftwaffe during Germany’s involvement in Spain during civil war in that country

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity Backe was arrested and committed(Flottenkriegsabzeichen) Constructed of gilded and silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a central frontal battleship cutting through waves, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer & Lck,