Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Case United Republic of On November 11 Finkbeiner received

On November 11 Finkbeiner received five days of detention for neglecting his uniform so much that it was rendered unusable

the band inscribed "Schutz-Marke" (Trademark) and incorporating the maker mark consisting of the stacked letters "RWB" inside a diamond which is superimposed over a square of the same dimensions

Immediately on crossing the lines

100 miles (160 km) southeast of Berlin

France: Medal of the Republican Society for the Encouragement of Devotion to Service (bronze gilt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Case United Republic of On November 11 Finkbeiner received(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with a block barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but displays the characteristics of a C. E. Juncker, measuring 44. 14 mm (w) x 44. 18