Lot Archive

Lot

№ 561

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30 June 1994

Hammer Price:
£180

A Great War trio to Petty Officer A.S. Lister, H.M. Submarine D3 which was accidentally sunk by a French Airship

1914-15 STAR (J.3573 L.S., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (P.O., R.N.), good very fine (3)

Albert Samuel Lister was drowned on 15 March 1918, when D3 was accidentally attacked and bombed by the French Airship AT-O in the English Channel. The lot is sold with further details including a copy of the Admiralty report on the loss.