Silver, Vertu, Coins & Medals - 19th & 20th July - 19th July 2016
Lot 447
The World War II group of medals awarded to Major The Hon. Graham Curtis Lampson
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £250
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Description
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.