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8 Aug 2021: This is the award for participation in all three sieges, of the city of Kandahar, the mountain pass fortress of Ghazni and the Afghan capital of Kabul. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin's in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: An ongoing amateur research project is currently collecting material of this kind, but the example in the Watson Collection unfortunately has no such back-history. ... All that can be said is that Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers

8 Aug 2021: Although the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers this medal part of its Group 7, the medals of that group are not physically attached and so have been treated separately here. ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them,

8 Aug 2021: It is one ofthat are in the Lester Watson Collection. Although the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Mitchell's awards as its Group 7, the medals of that group are ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them, from the

8 Aug 2021: The bar to this medal was awarded for participation in the second campaign, and the medal was awarded to Private E. ... Oliver of the 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: verified. Brigadier Warren's medal group has come as one into the Watson Collection and the Catalogue considers them as Group 9, but as the pieces are not physically attached they ... areLester Watson purchased them as a group from the London dealers

8 Aug 2021: 1918, this was not in fact done and merchant seamen sailing in war zones were awarded the new (but less splendid) Mercantile Marine War Medal instead. ... Collier, of whose service nothing more is known. Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London

8 Aug 2021: Participation in the 1891 campaign earnt this bar, which is here affixed to the medal of Private J. ... Roberts of the 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: It is one ofthat are in the Lester Watson Collection. Although the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Mitchell's awards as its Group 7, the medals of that group are ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them, from the

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: Brigadier Warren's medal group has come as one into the Watson Collection and the Catalogue considers them as Group 9, but as the pieces are not physically attached they areLester ... Watson purchased them as a group from the London dealers Baldwin in

8 Aug 2021: Those who had fought in the British Armed Forces were already entitled to the British War Medal, of course, and if they had served from early on, the 1914 or ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Brigadier Warren's medal group has come as one into the Watson Collection and the Catalogue considers them as Group 9, but as the pieces are not physically attached they areLester ... Watson purchased them as a group from the London dealers Baldwin in

8 Aug 2021: As the individual histories make clear, these were the medals of Sergeant Edward J. ... Mott, of the 1st Battalion Border Regiment. Lester Watson purchased the group from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The bar for Basutoland (now in Lesotho) was awarded to participants in a campaign from 1880 to 1881 against Chief Lerothodi, who had inherited the mantle of Basotho resistance to the ... Lester Watson bought it from the London dealers Spink on 12

8 Aug 2021: Distinguished Service Cross, issued 1914. Obverse, the royal monogram of King George V in a circle. ... It was purchased by Lester Watson from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: to hear from anyone who can use these data to supply more information about the owner of these medals and his clearly extensive career fighting in Sudan and Egypt. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Some account of these services is given with the entries for each individual medal. ... 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: Some account of these services is given with the entries for each individual medal. ... 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: This example of the Victory Medal is one of those issued by the Belgian government. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The Japanese issue of the medal, of which this is probably a French copy made for collectors in 1920, was different from all the others in that it did not feature ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: These medals were all in white metal, but subsequent years saw a number of presentation issues in other metals, and between 1860 and 1895 the London die-sinker W. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: Distinguished Service Medal, awarded to Leading Seaman J. E. Knights during the Great War. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: From the mid-19th century onwards, this usually meant that such units were considered extra' battalions of regular regiments. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Seaby in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: The campaign they fought there was nearly as hard as that they had left, and conditions similarly difficult. ... Whoever it was must have been unfortunately impoverished, as Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927, less

8 Aug 2021: Although the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Mitchell's awards as its Group 7, the medals of that group are not physically attached and so have been treated separately here. ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them,

8 Aug 2021: Reverse, the "R" and the "F" of the inscription flank an empty plumed war-helmet. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This is an example of the issue made by the Republic of Cuba. ... Lester Watson bought the medal from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal is an example of the Italian striking, and remains unnamed as issued. ... It cannot therefore be known to whom it was awarded. Lester Watson bought the medal from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The medal remains unnamed as issued, and therefore it cannot be known to whom it was awarded. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Although the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Mitchell's awards as its Group 7, the medals of that group are not physically attached and so have been treated separately here. ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them,

8 Aug 2021: The first campaign for which the medal was awarded was an attempt, from 1918 to 1919, to establish a British Protectorate in Southern Persia, that country (modern-day Iran) having been ... Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealers Baldwin

8 Aug 2021: those French servicemen who had escaped from enemy captivity during the hostilities. ... Its recipient in this case, who is unnamed, must have been unfortunately short of money, because Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin

8 Aug 2021: The medal remains unnamed as issued, and therefore it cannot be known to whom it was awarded. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Although the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Mitchell's awards as its Group 7, the medals of that group are not physically attached and so have been treated separately here. ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them,

8 Aug 2021: East and West Africa Medal, 1895. Peace-keeping operations in the British possessions in Africa, as anywhere else, required a large number of small campaigns, several of which, from 1892 until ... Her complement later earnt another medal which has ended

8 Aug 2021: recipients. This one is inscribed to Driver A. Karsten of the Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport Corps, to whom it was presumably awarded in 1919. ... Lester Watson bought his medal from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Shipwright F. Stephens, who served in HMS Blanche, one of the three vessels from which the expedition was landed. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private F. J. Connolly of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers for participation in one such expedition. ... It was one of the last pieces acquired by Lester Watson, purchased from the London dealers Baldwin in 1936.

8 Aug 2021: The unrest spread rapidly, and the Admiralty's refusal to concede led to a short-lived blockade of London by the rebel fleet, whose leaders' aims had become more widely revolutionary. ... Lester Watson bought this medal from the London dealers Seaby in

8 Aug 2021: East and West Africa Medal, 1894. Peace-keeping operations in the British possessions in Africa, as anywhere else, required a large number of small campaigns, several of which, from 1892 until ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers

8 Aug 2021: He soon afterwards issued silver crooks to the officers of his ship, probably made from the silver of that same plate. ... Lester Watson purchased the badge from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: the people's final submission to incorporation into British East Africa in 1906. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This example was awarded to Private R. J. Darling of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. ... It was one of the last pieces acquired by Lester Watson, purchased from the London dealers Baldwin in 1936.

8 Aug 2021: Obverse, Liberty with sword and shield standing atop a disc. Reverse, the arms of the USA done as a totem pole with a double-headed axe at the top. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private E. C. Smith of the 1st Border Regiment. ... It was one of the last pieces acquired by Lester Watson, purchased from the London dealers Baldwin in 1936.

8 Aug 2021: action. The Africa General Service Medal replaced the East and West Africa Medal which had previously been awarded for service in this theatre. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Spink on 12 November 1924.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Able-Bodied Seaman C. Spear, of the 2nd-class cruiser HMS Magicienne. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Although the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Mitchell's awards as its Group 7, the medals of that group are not physically attached and so have been treated separately here. ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them,

8 Aug 2021: The Order had three classes until 1912, for which medals were awarded in silver, silver and gold and gold respectively, and promotion from one class to a higher was achieved by ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.