The group of medals awarded to Sir Albert Thomas ‘Archie’ Lamb KBE CMG DFC are included in the Charterhouse September auction of medals, militaria, coins and stamps.
“They are a fantastic group of medals charting the deeds and travels of Sir Archie from the Second World War through to the late 1970s when he was knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours of 1979,” said Richard Bromell of Charterhouse.
“With the market for medals, militaria, coins and stamps remaining strong we have already received quite a lot of pre-sale interest in this group.”
Arthur Thomas Lamb was born in 1921. He joined the Foreign Office in 1938 and at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 he volunteered for the Royal Air Force.
Called up in 1941 he carried out his pilot training in Rhodesia. However, when he returned to Britain on the SS Oronsay the ship was torpedoed and he spent nine days adrift in a lifeboat before being rescued.
Commissioned in 1941 he flew combat missions in Typhoons and Hurricanes and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) in 1945.
After the war he returned to the Foreign Office, ending up serving as Ambassador to Kuwait from 1974-77 and as Ambassador to Norway from 1978-80.
The group of medals, along with his sword, RAF, wool scarf, silver ashtray and even the old Diplomatic Bag he flew with are estimated at £2,500-£4,500 in the Charterhouse two-day collectors auction on September 1 and 2.
n Richard Bromell and the team can be contacted for valuations at The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne 01935 812277 info@charterhouse-auction.com where they are taking further entries for their September auctions of, coins, medals, stamps, clocks and collector, followed by automobilia on September 29 and classic cars and classic motorcycles in October.