Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Award Document, to Obergefreiter Walter Trier

(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 Pattée with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six o’clock arm with a reinstitution date of “1939”, the reverse six o’clock arm with an initial institution date of “1813”, unmarked, measuring 43.94 mm (w) x 48.42 mm (h), weighing 18.3 grams, in extremely fine condition, accompanied by its award document, constructed of off-white paper stock with black ink, named to “OBERGEFREITEN WALTER TRIER” of 2. Schwadron, Radfahr-Abteilung 30 (30. Infanterie Division), issued at divisional headquarters on 20 March 1943 and featuring the handwritten signature of Generalleutnant Thomas-Emil von Wickede (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 15 August 1940), measuring 140 mm (w) x 200 mm (h), with a central folding crease visible, in near extremely fine condition.