Auction Catalogue

30 June 1998

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 489

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30 June 1998

Hammer Price:
£260

Eight: Surgeon Rear Admiral G. V. Hobbs, Royal Navy
Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (Surg’n, R.N., H.M.S. Swiftsure); 1914-15 Star (Surg., R.N.); British War and Victory Medal (Surg. Lt.); Defence and War Medals; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, very fine or better (8) £130-160

Surgeon Rear Admiral Gordon Victor Hobbs was first commissioned into the Royal Navy as a Surgeon in April 1912, promoted to Surgeon Commander April 1924, Surgeon Captain December 1935, Surgeon Rear Admiral 1943, Retired List July 1946. Sold with further research detail.