A Korean War Purple Heart To To August A. "Gus" Rothdeutsch, United States Army Auction HMCS Waskesieu returned to Canada

HMCS Waskesieu returned to Canada for a refit in September 1944

complete with the company's squirrel emblem

4th Class with Case

Canales organized an expedition back into Mexico

A Korean War Purple Heart To To August A. "Gus" Rothdeutsch, United States Army Auction HMCS Waskesieu returned to CanadaTwo 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