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26 September 2018

Hammer Price:
£400

A post-war O.B.E. group of six awarded to Wing Commander A. G. Strutt, Royal Air Force

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (Sqn. Ldr. A. G. Strutt. R.A.F.) mounted for display, generally good very fine (6) £280-320

O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1952.

Anthony Geoffrey Strutt was born in January 1913, and was educated at Winchester College. He was commissioned into the Royal Air Force, 6 January 1933. Strutt advanced to Temporary Squadron Leader in January 1940, and to Squadron Leader 1 June 1943. He retired as Wing Commander, 17 January 1961. Strutt was a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.