Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document, To Obergefreiter Walter Trier Newly Listed There is no evidence that

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

first version with "Acta Non Verba" (Deeds Not Words) ribbon banner

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

and is commemorated on page 431 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance

the discrepancy is easily explained

Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document, To Obergefreiter Walter Trier Newly Listed There is no evidence that(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,