A Korean War Purple Heart To To August A. "Gus" Rothdeutsch, United States Army Hold printed in Great Britain for

printed in Great Britain for The English Universities Press

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

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

1903) in the centre

enlisted with the Canadian Army Active Force

A Korean War Purple Heart To To August A. "Gus" Rothdeutsch, United States Army Hold printed in Great Britain forTwo 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