Auction Catalogue

27 September 1994

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 655

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27 September 1994

Hammer Price:
£320

Seven: Flight Sergeant M. Rikovsky, 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Royal Air Force

1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; WAR MEDAL; Czechoslovakia, WAR CROSS 1939, in case of issue; MEDAL FOR VALOUR, in case of issue; MILITARY MEDAL OF MERIT, bronze, in case of issue; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, together with Flying Log Book, good very fine (7)

Flight Sergeant M. Rikovsky was Flight Engineer on Liberator aircraft with 311 Squadron. His log book records 30 operations, mostly Anti Submarine Patrols, between 15 August 1944 and 31 May 1945. A submarine was attacked in the Baltic on 23 March 1945, and a ship in the same area three days later.