Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross with Swords, in Silver, by C.E. Juncker Auction Archive MARCH 1945"

MARCH 1945"

awarded posthumously to Grenadier August Kröger

Defence of the Caucasus Medal (brass

1809 by Napoleon's brother Jerome Bonaparte

the punishment was often applied with the arms stretched out and the legs tied together

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross with Swords, in Silver, by C.E. Juncker Auction Archive MARCH 1945"(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,