Obverse: Monogram 'H 7' with crown above superimposed on a large 'V'. Legend: 'ALT FOR NORGE 1940-1945'. Reverse: Within an oak wreath, plain for inscription. Uninscribed. Fitted with a loop and scroll clasp suspended from a dark blue ribbon. Mounted on a bar with eleven other medals.

London Gazette 26 August 1947.

Ralph Herbert Thomas Curram (1892-1974) was born in Hackney, London and worked for the Post Office as a sorting clerk and telegraphist. He joined the RNVR in 1911 and served throughout World War I. He was briefly in the Royal Naval Division until April 1915. From 16 May 1915 to 5 October 1917, he served in the armed cruiser HMS 'Otranto', then stationed on the west coast of South America. He was promoted Yeoman of Signals from 28 December 1918. He remained in the RNVR London Division between the wars as Commissioned Signal Boatswain from 1936 and Signal Lieutenant from 1941. During World War II he worked in various training establishments until his retirement in 1944. He was postmaster of the House of Commons branch office from 1948 until 1954 when he retired. He married Phyllis Toy in July 1926.