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WW1 & WW2 Royal Navy Medal Group to Paymaster Captain J B Hobbs Naval Officer

WW1 & WW2 Royal Navy Medal Group to Paymaster Captain J B Hobbs Naval Officer

WW1 & WW2 Royal Navy Medal Group to Paymaster Captain J B Hobbs Naval Officer

WW1 & WW2 Royal Navy Medal Group to Paymaster Captain J B Hobbs Naval Officer

WW1 & WW2 Royal Navy Medal Group to Paymaster Captain J B Hobbs Naval Officer

WW1 & WW2 Royal Navy Medal Group to Paymaster Captain J B Hobbs Naval Officer

Wonderful long service group consisting of 8 medals to a Royal Navy Officer. Royal Navy Group of Medals to Paymaster Captain John Bowden Hobbs Royal Navy. 1914/15 Star correctly named with rank of Clerk and BWM and Victory correctly named with rank of Paymaster Sub Lieut. Fantastic career to have started as a Clerk and worked his way to Captain. Hobbs first appears on the Royal Navy Lists in 1912 and during WW1 served on HMS Falmouth. During WW2 Hobbs is seen on the Navy Lists (Oct 1942 and Feb 1944) as serving on HMS Anson who was awarded the battle honour’Arctic 1942-43′ so Hobbs would have been entitled to the Arctic Star. Hobbs was noted in Navy Lists 1945 as Captain in Malta with the note And S. This is part of a Paymaster collection of medals that I collected as a’sub theme’ and will be dispersing of over the coming months as I focus on another part of my collection. Please see photos for condition. Please feel free to ask questions. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War II (1939-1945)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “jedi_phillips” and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Australia, United States, Bahrain, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, China, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Korea, South, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Bolivia, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Cayman Islands, Egypt, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Macau, Monaco, Maldives, Martinique, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Chile, Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Kuwait, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Russian Federation.
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Country/ Organization: Great Britain
  • Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Featured Refinements: Medal Group
  • Type: Medals & Ribbons
  • Conflict: World War II (1939-1945)
  • Service: Navy
  • Era: 1914-1945