Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Badge, II Class Hold Backe became Secretary of State

Backe became Secretary of State in the Reich Ministry for Food and Agriculture

Footnote: The Battalion was raised in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island under the authority of G

enamels cracked in other arms

with its period original 55 mm wide peacetime ribbon

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Badge, II Class Hold Backe became Secretary of State(Feuerwehr Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse). Instituted 22 June 1936 by Wilhelm Frick. (1936 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Geneva Cross with its arms joined together through the quadrants by a circular ring bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENST IM FEUER LSCHWESEN (FOR MERIT IN FIRE FIGHTING), the obverse with white enameled arms overlaid by