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8 Aug 2021: British campaigns against such insurgents continued until 1892, and bars were awarded to the India General Service Medal for them in 1889 and 1892. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: Reverse, a collection of war trophies. Coorg Medal, issued by the British East India Co., 1837. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Major Gordon, writing of the medal, observed: "This bar was very well earned as the country that these expeditions had to go through consisted of trackless jungle.". ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: It was likely for participation in this operation that this medal was awarded, to Sapper Dasappa of the Madras Sappers and Miners. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private Mir Arab of the 27th Bombay Light Infantry, part of the Indian Contingent in Africa. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink 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.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Joshua Sheppard, Ship's Boy in the 5th-rate frigate HMS Fox. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: time. This medal was awarded to Sapper Munisami of the Queen's Own Madras Sappers & Miners, who was wounded by gunshot in the defence of Malakand. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Keane of the 32nd Light Infantry, to whom this medal was awarded late in 1858. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Queen Victoria, by whose order the medal was issued and whose bust it therefore carried, was likewise not on the throne for the actions for which it was awarded. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealer Baldwin in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The bars on this medal indicate that its recipient, Private John Hepburn of the 99th Foot, fought at the 1857 capture of Guangzhou and the 1860 capture of the Taku Forts. ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This example of the medal and bar for that campaign was awarded to Able-Bodied Seaman W. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928. It had previously been sold by the recipient's niece in November 1866, by which time she was living in Beaver ... The Museum thanks Mr Sean Welch for information on the history of this medal.

8 Aug 2021: When the first issue was made under King George V, in 1911, Richard Garbe designed a new obverse but the medal was otherwise unaltered. ... This must have been done very early if so, however, since Lester Watson purchased the medal, issued in 1921, from

8 Aug 2021: For this reason the medal is often called the Peninsular Medal' even though it also covered campaigns in Egypt and Java. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: His presence on the ship at this time has been verified, and the General Honours Roll confirms the award of the medal to him. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: until 1900, were considered to merit this medal, which in terms of design is a continuation of the Ashantee War Medal. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point from the London dealer Spink before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: For this reason the medal is often called the Peninsular Medal' even though it also covered campaigns inand America. ... Elliott of the 10th Hussars. Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: This medal is unnamed, and the recipient cannot be identified, but the bar for the battle at Foshan tells us that he was a sailor or a marine. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The recipient of this medal was one of those involved in the 1857 capture of Guangzhou. ... The medal is unnamed, and the recipient cannot be identified. Lester Watson purchased the piece at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: 34 British ships took part in the attack, among which was that aboard which there served one Francis Noake (his ship is not named on the medal). ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: When the first issue was made under King George V, in 1911, Richard Garbe designed a new obverse but the medal was otherwise unaltered. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private W. Patter, of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Contingent formed by the Association mentioned above. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Abyssinian War Medal, 1869. The Abyssinian War Medal was awarded to those involved in a 1867-1868 expedition to Abyssinia to secure the release of British labourers sent to the country ... Simpkin was presumably part of this effort, and Lester Watson

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... His service aboard has been verified. Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer

8 Aug 2021: The bars on this medal indicate that its recipient, Sergeant J. ... His medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The recipient of this medal, Private John Cuthbert of the 44th Regiment, was among those who took the Taku Forts in 1860 prior to campaigning to, taking and looting Beijing. ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: East & Central Africa Medal, 1899. British rule in East Africa was partly achieved via the British East Africa Company, which acquired possessions in Uganda that the Government took over in 1895, ... Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: the 1850s led in 1854 to the design and issue of a General Service Medal for the theatre, for which bars would be issued as each new campaign merited. ... Savage of the 2nd Border Regiment, whose medal this is. Lester Watson purchased it at some point

8 Aug 2021: The intentions of the medal committee are hard to divine, as the medal was struck carrying the dates 1793-1814' in the reverse, but the earliest campaign considered was that in ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Corporal Bernard Reilly of the 68th Light Infantry. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928; it had previously formed

8 Aug 2021: Urabi was captured and exiled to Ceylon. The other bars of the medal relate to a later campaign, against Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad ibn al-Sayyid 'Abd Allah and his allies, who ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: For fighting at Lucknow during the second relief effort and subsequent evacuation, or in the city's recapture the next year, this bar was awarded to the Indian Mutiny Medal. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealers Baldwin 1927.

8 Aug 2021: The medals were handed to them in cardboard boxes, each recipient saluting his Majesty with his left hand and receiving his medal in his right. ... From King Edward's hand to Private Jones's and eventually to Lester Watson's, who purchased the medal at

8 Aug 2021: The dates on this medal relate to a pair of conflicts known as the Waikato Invasion and the Taurange Campaign. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Riel had already fled and the rising was quickly quelled. This medal was awarded in 1899 to those who had fought the Fenians in any of these raids or the Red ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Kelly, who was Clerk in HMS Hazard (aboard which vessel he also earned the First China War Medal some years earlier). ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928. The Museum is grateful to Mr G.

8 Aug 2021: The medal was issued to Gunner F. H. Mather of the Royal Artillery, probably in the Royal Horse Artillery (although different batteries of this unit served in the two campaigns). ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin at

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Clorinde became HMS Aurora. Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealers

8 Aug 2021: The dates on this medal relate to the conflict known as the Second Taranaki War. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The French flagship Hoche was captured in this battle and named Donegal; the Watson Collection includes one medal awarded to a member of her new British crew. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealer Baldwin in 1928; it had previously

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased this medal in a New York auction in November 1926.

8 Aug 2021: The bar for Fatshan Creek means that the recipient must have been a sailor or marine, but the medal is unnamed and no further identification can be made. ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson from the London dealers Spink in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1928.