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8 Aug 2021: by Court Martial, and must have borne an irreproachable character, or have particularly distinguished themselves in the Service.". ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The Distinguished Service Cross replaced the Conspicuous Service Cross of 1901 in 1914, and recognised gallant or distinguished conduct by officers of the Royal Navy against the enemy at sea. ... It was purchased by Lester Watson from the London dealers

8 Aug 2021: The third medal bears no inscription at all. The group is joined by stitching at the top of the ribbons. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The ribbons are secured at the back by a long pin across all three bands. ... The Lester Watson Collection includes his entire medal group, purchased as one by Lester Watson from the London dealers Seaby in 1929.

8 Aug 2021: The ribbons are secured at the back by a long pin across all three bands. ... The Lester Watson Collection includes his entire medal group, purchased as one by Lester Watson from the London dealers Seaby in 1929.

8 Aug 2021: A corresponding award was made by the Navy.) This example was awarded to Private T. ... Sutton of the 24th Foot. Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: At the close of the campaign, the British government, by means of the East India Co., issued this medal to its Indian troops who had served in it. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Gifford in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: The recipient of this medal was Orderly F. Whittle of HMS Endymion (not to be confused with the earlier frigate of the name, some of whose crew'sthe Watson collection). ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Various British punitive expeditions were mounted in retaliation into what was by then independent Waziristan (which spent part of 2006 again partly independent , in defiance of Pakistani claims) over the years ... It was one of the last pieces acquired

8 Aug 2021: It was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928, and had previously been part of the Payne Collection.

8 Aug 2021: Precise dating of this example is difficult, beyond the fact that it is an issue of the reign of George V, and that it was in the Watson Collection by 1928. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before the making of his catalogue that year.

8 Aug 2021: Tianjin to Beijing and the latter city's occupation (and pillage) by the coalition forces, events which effectively ended the war. ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: 1930, and in that of the so-called Red Shirt Rebellion, a fledgling independence movement occasioned by the limited successes of the Indian Independence movement to the south-east. ... It was one of the last pieces acquired by Lester Watson, purchased

8 Aug 2021: It was one of the last pieces acquired by Lester Watson, purchased from the London dealers Baldwin in 1936.

8 Aug 2021: In 1897 Germany, Russia, Britain and France seized four Chinese ports on various pretexts and this, with more local situations providing flashpoints, sparked off a military uprising by a resistance group ... His medal was purchased by Lester Watson at

8 Aug 2021: China rejected this demand, and resentment on the ground eventually came to a boil with the seizure by Chinese authorities of a Hong Kong steamer, the Arrow, which the British claimed ... His medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: China rejected this demand, and resentment on the ground eventually came to a boil with the seizure by Chinese authorities of a Hong Kong steamer, the Arrow, which the British claimed ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Almost the sole exception was the final defeat of the returned Emperor Napoleon I at Waterloo, on 18 June 1815 by the combined forces of Britain, Russia and Prussia. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928. It had previously been

8 Aug 2021: monk and healer by the name of Saya San became a spokesman of resistance during a survey of the peasantry that he conducted in 1927. ... It was one of the last pieces acquired by Lester Watson, purchased from the London dealers Baldwin in 1936.

8 Aug 2021: China rejected this demand, and resentment on the ground eventually came to a boil with the seizure by Chinese authorities of a Hong Kong steamer, the Arrow, which the British claimed ... His medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: China rejected this demand, and resentment on the ground eventually came to a boil with the seizure by Chinese authorities of a Hong Kong steamer, the Arrow, which the British claimed ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This was one of the last pieces acquired for the Watson Collection: Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin in 1936. ... They had come by it from an auction at Glendinings in September 1935.

8 Aug 2021: China rejected this demand, and resentment on the ground eventually came to a boil with the seizure by Chinese authorities of a Hong Kong steamer, the Arrow, which the British claimed ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson from the London dealers

8 Aug 2021: Bahadur Shah was exiled to Rangoon, and the East India Company's rule taken over directly by the British Crown. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928.