Auction Catalogue

12 February 1997

Starting at 11:00 AM

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

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 242

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12 February 1997

Hammer Price:
£210

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Commander W. L. Hole, I.F.Coy’s Str. Pulu) official correction to second initial, otherwise better than very fine

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

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The PULU was a paddle steamer 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 MANDALAY in 1897.