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8 Aug 2021: It was awarded to Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence Fyler of the 12th Lancers, whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and shows a career spent in India andfor the ... This medal is attached to two others and the catalogue of the Watson

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 possible therefore that this piece was a specimen or test version. ... Lester Watson acquired it 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 label on the reverse of the ribbon was probably added by a collector, however. ... Lester Watson bought this medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This is a rare proof in silver of William Wyon's initial, rejected, design. ... Lester Watson purchased 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: He may also have been eligible for the NGSM, but the example of this medal in the Watson Collection appears to have gone to a seaman more junior than would have ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The Maratha Empire, a Hindu confederacy which began in 1674, had in 1796 fallen into the hands of the Peshwa ruler Baji Rao II. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealer Baldwin in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, Victory crowning a seated Classical warrior with a laurel wreath. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.