India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Commander W. L. Hole, I.F. Coy’s Str. Pulu) second initial officially corrected, very fine £300-£400

Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, February 1997.

The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company’s paddle-steamer Pulu was built in 1879 by Messrs William Denny of Glasgow. Her measurements were length 160 feet, width 24 feet, draught 7.7 feet. Her gross tonnage was 235 tons. She was sunk during a collision with the Mandalay in 1897.