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8 Aug 2021: A medal for service in the Dardanelles and in the subsequent Balkan campaigns was first suggested in 1917 but rejected, and only after other medals had been issued for the main ... Whoever it was must have been unfortunately impoverished, as Lester

8 Aug 2021: year. This medal was awarded to Private Mohomadu Imbria of the 2nd North Nigerian Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The earliest issues of the medal indicate that the War was not expected to last as long as it did, as they bear the dates 1899-1900 in the reverse field. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: When a shortfall was discovered the opportunity was taken to redesign the medal for the second issue. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private Thomas Nugent of the 22nd Regiment, who apparently fought at both Meanee and Dubbo (Hyderabad). ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The earliest issues of the medal indicate that the War was not expected to last as long as it did, as they bear the dates 1899-1900 in the reverse field. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal as it is at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Gunner W. Ancion of the 1st Battalion, Bombay Artillery, and is of the issue engraved to mark participation only in the battle of Dubbo (Hyderabad). ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

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: This makes the medal impossible to distinguish from the Ashantee War Medal when worn. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Lieutenant A. J. D. Peebles, RAF, and its award is noted in the London Gazette for the 3rd June 1919. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealer Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: At the close of the campaign, the British government, by means of the East India Co., issued this medal to its Indian troops who had served in it. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Gifford in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: Service in this theatre entitled the crew of the British fleets there to this medal, which was issued unnamed except in exceptional cases. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: A final bar was added in 1931. The medal was issued in silver for European recipients, and bronze for Africans. ... It is unnamed, and the recipient is thus unidentified. Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealer Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: Reverse, legend with wreath around. M嶮aille des 屴ad廥, 1926. Some time after the Allied victory in the Great War it was decided to issue a gallantry medal (in bronze) for all ... Its recipient in this case, who is unnamed, must have been

8 Aug 2021: This gold issue of the medal was awarded in 1832 to the Indian officers and officials involved in the campaign; their troops received a silver medal. ... This one is unnamed, so the recipient cannot be identified. Lester Watson purchased the medal from

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Gunner T. Blakeley of the Royal Marine Artillery, serving aboard HMS St George. ... Her complement later earnt another medal which has ended up in the Watson Collection.) Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers

8 Aug 2021: The medal was awarded to Private Sule of the Northern Nigerian Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: A final bar was added in 1931. The medal was issued in silver for European recipients, and bronze for Africans. ... It is however unnamed, and the recipient cannot be identified. Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealer Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: 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 from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Precise dating of this medal is difficult, beyond the fact that it is an issue of Victoria's reign, but as the recipient, Corporal W. ... It was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928, and had previously been part of the Payne Collection.