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8 Aug 2021: Antonio Rodriquez and the New Zealand Cross. In 1877 this medal was awarded to this man, Antonio Rodriquez de Sardinha, a naturalised citizen of New Zealand, for his bravery in combat ... before coming to rest with Lester Watson in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: THE COLLECTION CATALOGUE. The Watson collection contains 411 individual items, 379 in the main catalogue and a few pieces separately numbered, as well as an array of grouped medals (awarded to ... NOTES ON PROVENANCES. The information given here is

8 Aug 2021: This Badge was awarded to Colonel Lawrence Fyler of the 12th Lancers, whose service in the Crimea earned himmedals and whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and ... Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson bought them,

8 Aug 2021: that served in South Russia in support of British forces embroiled in the unsuccessful defence of White Russia, with whoseLester Watson acquired it. ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them, from the London dealers Baldwin in

8 Aug 2021: Allied Victory Medal 1914-1918 (USA), 1919. Obverse, Liberty with sword and shield standing atop a disc. ... Watson, Capt. A. S. A.", and it is assumed to be Lester Watson's own award for service in the Army Security Agency.

8 Aug 2021: The country wouldand result in a more lasting British involvement reflected in the Watson Collection byAlmost the first action of Shujah's short second reign was to found the Order of ... Watson purchased them as a group from the London dealers Baldwin

8 Aug 2021: It is not named, but it was awarded to Major-General Lawrence Fyler, late of the 12th Lancers, whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and shows a ... Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson bought them, from the London

8 Aug 2021: This medal is unnamed, but belonged to 2nd Lieutenant John Mitchell of the Royal Air Force, with whoseLester Watson acquired it. ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them, from the London dealers Baldwin in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal, which is named to Captain Campbell, a pilot, is one such exception. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: It is one of three of his medals that are now in the Watson Collection;follow. ... Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them at some point before 1928; they had all previously formed part of the Payne Collection.

8 Aug 2021: Military Cross, awarded to Lt. A. Dudley Hill, 1916. Obverse, royal monogram in centre on an inner cross with a crown outside each arm. ... Lester Watson obtained this medal from one Teresa Reece, perhaps a friend, in 1935; it may have been purchased by

8 Aug 2021: William Kingston, 1848. Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, Britannia with a trident seated sideways on a seahorse. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the dealer Gifford in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: In 1893 an agreement between the British in India and the rulers of Afghanistan instituted the Durand Line as a working frontier. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: It is possible therefore that this piece was a specimen or test version. ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: been tampered with or as has been suggested is only a proof issue, is unknown. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealer Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: One such was Private A. Henderson of the 78th Foot, to whom this medal was awarded. ... Lester Watson acquired the piece at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson appears to have thought this a French medal--it is listed as such in his catalogue--which suggests that he may have acquired it with other French medals and ... therefore that the recipient may have also been French, but Watson's lists

8 Aug 2021: The British forces suffered only a few men wounded. Among those unhurt was a Midshipman Roger Keyes, serving aboard HMS Turquoise, with whom another Watson Collection recipient earned a medal in ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before

8 Aug 2021: Reverse, Queen Victoria on dais placing a wreath on the head of the kneeling Duke of Wellington. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The medal which displays this bar in the Watson Collection was awarded to Captain John Bostwick of the Norfolk Regiment of the Canadian Militia. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal in 1927.