Bidspirit auction | Major General Yaakov Dori –

Major General Yaakov Dori – First Chief of Staff of the IDF Official Medal, 2010 13th in the ”Chiefs of the General Staff of the IDF” medal series. Yaakov Dori (Dostrovsky) was born in Odesa (Ukraine) in 1899 and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1906 following riots among Russian Jews. He studied at the Reali High School in Haifa. In 1917, at the height of World War I, he enlisted in the British Army and served in the Hebrew Battalion. Metal Gold Purity 585 Weight 17 grams Diameter 30.5 mm Final/Maximum Quantity 60. UNC