Footnote: These rubber boots were privately purchased by officers in the Canadian Expeditionary Force
Defence of the Caucasus Medal (brass
awarded posthumously to Grenadier August Kröger
the punishment was often applied with the arms stretched out and the legs tied together
Areen and Sten Lewenhaupt
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross with Swords, in Silver, by C.E. Juncker Auction Archive Footnote: These rubber boots were(Spanienkreuz mit Schwertern in Silber). Constructed of silver, consisting of a vaulted Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebble arms joined through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastikas, bearing a central mobile swastika situated within dual rings, and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of C. E. Juncker,