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8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to the British forces involved in an operation against the Dervish forces of the so-called Mad Mullah', Sayyid Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, at Kismayu in modern-day ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Spink at some

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The receipient of this medal must therefore have been awarded the Order's medal twice at some point between 1837 and 1912, when Indian troops were made eligible for the Victoria ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Indian Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, 1910-1935. At King George V's succession to King Edward VII in 1910, most of the service medals then on issue were renewed ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: In 1897 several parts of the Frontier rose in rebellion at once, all seeing an opportunity in a Pashtun rising which began the fighting. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Obverse, Sultan Abdlmecid's cipher in a disc at the low centre, with spears and leaves above a flanking six-pointed star and a crescent moon left and right. ... Lester Watson bought it from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Stockton of the 1st Rifle Brigade. Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Unfortunately through some mistake it was struck to a naval design, meaning that only some 300 were awarded before the issue was stopped. ... Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Its suspension is unusual. Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: well as some Chinese) to relieve the foreign population of Beijing and finally suppress the rebellion. ... His medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Obverse, a bust of King Edward VII. Reverse, the British lion standing on a rock at the left watching the sunrise; a shield and two assegais below. ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Instead the campaign's identity was engraved at the top of the rim. ... Her complement later earnt another medal which has ended up in the Watson Collection.) Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: At the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries what is now Nepal was an area under pressure from two converging empires, the British in India and the Gurkhas of Kathmandu. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The campaigns against the insurgent peoples lasted some eight months from 1877 into 1878 and involved, as well as extensive local forces, contingents of both the British Army and the Royal ... Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealers

8 Aug 2021: The cornerstone of this campaign was the war in which the Indonesian island of Java was taken, a campaign which began with the landing at and capture of Fort Cornelis. ... Lester Watson acquired the piece at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Military Medal, 1916-1928 (Great War). The Military Medal was instituted in 1916 to reward acts of bravery by NCOs and men in the Army (and at that point the Royal ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: decorations, but did not serve at Sebastopol, so to earn this bar Carter must have either fought ashore in the Naval Brigade, or else been on Wrangler only 'on loan' while ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928. The Museum