Naval Medals from the Collection of the Late Jason Pilalas

Pair: Sidney Shann, 3rd Waiter, killed when the S.S. Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine on 7 May 1915

British and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Sidney Shann) in named card box of issue together with Bronze Memorial Plaque (Sidney Shann) extremely fine (3) £1,400-£1,800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Naval Medals from the Collection of the Late Jason Pilalas.

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Sidney James Shann, 3rd Waiter, S.S. Lusitania (Liverpool), drowned as a result of an attack by an enemy submarine, 7th May, 1915, aged 30. Husband of Agnes Shann (née McQuarrie), of 25 Dunluce St., Walton, Liverpool. Born at Liverpool (Mercantile Marine Memorial refers). Commemorated by name on the Tower Hill Memorial, London.

Sold with a damaged and a period ‘souvenir’ postcard photograph of the Lusitania,