A Korean War Purple Heart To To August A. "Gus" Rothdeutsch, United States Army Hold with a reputation for cruelty

with a reputation for cruelty among the crew and the many deaths that occurred on board

1946 states that his death sentence has been commuted to life imprisonment in Canada

signing his Attestation Paper with the Royal New Zealand Air Force on October 26

Buckles in feinzink/zinc are usually associated with the Waffen-SS due to the wartime production of 1942 as opposed to the aluminum versions which could be used by both the general SS and the Waffen-SS

the China Air Task Force had been credited with shooting down 149 Japanese planes

A Korean War Purple Heart To To August A. "Gus" Rothdeutsch, United States Army Hold with a reputation for crueltyTwo piece construction, bronze gilt with red, white, green and purple enamels, engraved "AUGUST A. ROTHDEUTSCH" on the reverse, 35. 5 mm x 43 mm, original ribbon with brooch pinback, marked "LI GI" on the pinback, intact enamels, near mint. Accompanied by two 10 mm x 36 mm Ribbon Bars, in its hardshelled case of issue, marked "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" on the lid, case also near mint. Footnote: August A. "Gus" Rothdeutsch was born on February 2, 1927