Canada, Commonwealth. A Memorial Cross to Sgt. McKenna, QOR, KIA 1944 Newly Listed (Auszeichnungen und Insignien)

(Auszeichnungen und Insignien)

(Eichenlaub und Schwertern zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

(Some sources state September 11 instead

(Herzog Wilhelm Erinnerungsmedaille in Silber)

Gerhold was one of 23 pilots of human torpedoes called “Neger”

Canada, Commonwealth. A Memorial Cross to Sgt. McKenna, QOR, KIA 1944 Newly Listed (Auszeichnungen und Insignien)In silver, reverse engraved B. 63637 SGT. R. P. McKENNA, marked LACKIE STERLING on the reverse 6 oclock arm, no ribbon, light wear, very fine. Footnote: Robert Patrick McKenna was born on June 7, 1914 in Toronto, Ontario. He was employed as a travelling salesman for Beatty Bros in Fergus, Ontario, with several years experience with the Queens Own Rifles of Canada (as of 1936). McKenna enlisted on June 12, 1940. He travelled to Halifax, to Scotland,