Silver, Vertu, Coins & Medals - 19th & 20th July - 19 Jul 2016
The World War II group of medals awarded to Major The Hon. Graham Curtis Lampson
The World War II group of medals awarded to Major The Hon. Graham Curtis Lampson, later Baron Killearn (1919-1996), Scots Guards, comprising: 1939-1945, Africa, clasp 8th Army, and Italy stars, War medal, U.S.A., Bronze Star, brooch mounted, case for Bronze Star, very fine; with dress miniatures, also brooch mounted, extremely fine; with an un-attributed (but family) group of four, 1939-1945, France and Germany stars, Defence and War medals, brooch mounted; Defence medal, very fine.
Letter from The War Office, 25 October, 1948, relates to the Bronze Star; official list of medals issued. Lampson served as the Battalion Signals Officer with the 2nd Battalion, The Scots Guards, at Salerno in Operation Avalanche.