The Douglas-Morris Collection of Naval Medals (Part 2)

Six: India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Chief Officer F. K. Thimm, I. F. Coy’s Str. Panthay); 1914-15 Star Trio (Commr. F. K. Thimm, R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal (Franz K. Thimm); Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., contact marks to the first, otherwise good very fine (6)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Douglas-Morris Collection of Naval Medals.

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Franz Thimm joined the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company in 1885 and was Chief Officer of the PANTHAY at the taking of Mandalay and the surrender of King Thebau’s army at Ava. He retired as a Captain in 1902 and was appointed Lieut Commander in the Royal Naval Reserve on 15 December 1904, and was also a Younger Brother of Trinity House. He retired with the rank of Commander, R.N.R., having been awarded the R.N.R. Decoration in 1916.

The PANTHAY was a paddle steamer designed by Messrs William Denny of Glasgow and engined by Rankin & Blackmore in 1876. She was 251 feet in length, 28 feet in width and had a draught of 7 feet. Her gross tonnage was 561 tons. She was broken up in January 1897 at Dalla.