Canada, Commonwealth. A Memorial Cross to Bombardier Ruck, Died of Wounds, 1945 Buy Now 22 mm x 67 mm

22 mm x 67 mm

Navy in October 1924 and was welcomed enthusiastically then both with a "ticker tape" parade in New York and a subsequent invitation to the White House

issued at company headquarters on 21 December 1943

reverse illustrating a wooden hand rising from a map of Czechoslovakia

Canada, Commonwealth. A Memorial Cross to Bombardier Ruck, Died of Wounds, 1945 Buy Now 22 mm x 67 mmIn silver, reverse engraved H. 35287. BDR. R. RUCK. and marked STERLING on the reverse 6 oclock arm, measures 32. 3 mm (w) x 35 mm (h), light wear to silver finish, in near extremely fine condition. Footnote: Rudolph Ruck was born in May 1905, in Russia. He enlisted in Winnipeg on May 30th, 1940. He served in the 12th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, and died of wounds on April 4, 1945. He is commemorated at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery in