Lot Archive

Lot

№ 238

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12 February 1997

Hammer Price:
£100

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Chief Officer R. H. Sach, I.F.Co’s Str. “Doowoon”) very fine

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

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The DOOWOON was a paddle steamer built in 1878 by Messrs William Denny of Glasgow. Her measurements were length 249 feet, beam 30 feet, and draught 8.5 feet, of 608 gross tons. She was broken up in December 1895. During the military operations in Upper Burma in 1885 she carried General Predergast, Colonel Sladen and their respective Staffs.