Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Second War 1945 D.F.C. attributed to Flight Lieutenant A. F. Tuckzek, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew as an Air Gunner/Wireless Operator in the Mitchells of 98 Squadron

Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’, mounted on investiture pin, in Royal Mint case of issue, good very fine £1,000-£1,400

D.F.C. London Gazette 27 February 1945.

Anthony Francis Tuczek was born in Wandsworth, London in March 1922. He was the son of Nikolaus Francis Tuczek and Gertrude Frances Hill. Tuczek served during the Second World War as a an Air Gunner/Wireless Operator with 98 Squadron (Mitchells), who from the second part of 1944 where increasingly involved in tactical bombing in support of the Allied armies on the continent. After the war Tuczek served as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) in Japan. He committed suicide at Herne Bay, Kent in January 1948.

Sold with individual riband bars for D.F.C. and Air Crew Europe Star; Officer’s Identity Card, B.C.O.F., complete with photograph of recipient; and photograph of recipient in uniform with female after investiture.