Bavaria, Kingdom. An Exquisite Order Of St. Michael, Iii Class Cross In Gold, By Weiss & Co. Auction where he left eight of

where he left eight of his diaries with instructions on how to find the remaining fourteen

Backe managed to move to Germany in 1918

with an additional inscription of “GESTIFTET VON DER ZENTRALLEITUNG FÜR WOHLTÄTIGKEIT IN WÜRTTEMBERG” (“INSTITUTED BY THE CENTRAL WELFARE MANAGEMENT IN WÜRTTEMBERG”)

Constructed of a grey paper stock binding

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Exquisite Order Of St. Michael, Iii Class Cross In Gold, By Weiss & Co. Auction where he left eight of(Verdienstorden vom Heiligen Michael Kreuz III. Klasse). Instituted 16 February 1837 by King Ludwig I. (1887 1918 issue). Constructed of 18k Gold with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with blue enameled arms set within a Gold frame, the obverse bearing a central oval Gold medallion bearing a finely detailed depiction of St. Michael trampling the devil, with the formers shield featuring a blue enameled inscription of QUIS ET DEUS (WHO IS LIKE GOD),