Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document, To Obergefreiter Walter Trier Newly Listed measuring 40 mm x 45mm

measuring 40 mm x 45mm

There is no evidence that any Golden Grand Crosses were ever awarded

reverse inscribed in raised text "A / SUMMERS / (JOHN) / MARIN ANGLAIS / POUR AVOIR CONCOURU A SAUVER"

the discrepancy is easily explained

Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document, To Obergefreiter Walter Trier Newly Listed measuring 40 mm x 45mm(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813,