Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Baltic 1854-55 (Obededom Hopkinson. H.M.S. Boscawen) contemporary engraved naming, a little polished, otherwise nearly very fine £160-£200

Obededom Hopkinson, a native of Huddersfield, Yorkshire, died on 4 January 1863. aged 35 years. Sold with a copied image of his headstone inscription and an original page from the Illustrated London News reporting the launch of H.M.S. Boscawen in 1844.