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Copy of Allied Victory Medal 1914-1918 (Japanese), 1920
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page366.html8 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. -
Honourable East India Company's Java Medal, awarded 1812
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page184.html8 Aug 2021: The medal was awarded, as this suggests, to Company Sepoys (Indian troops); European combatants had to wait until corresponding bars were awarded to the Military and Naval General Service Medals some ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point -
Mr Boulton's Trafalgar Medal (silver), 1805
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page49.html8 Aug 2021: This is one of a number of the Taylor restrikes of the medal that was mounted in a watchglass, which has finely preserved the detail of the frosted finish. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927. -
Distinguished Service Medal, awarded to Leading Seaman J. E. Knights…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page96.html8 Aug 2021: of the medal, in war service. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928. -
India Medal (1895-1902), with bar for Defence of Chitral 1895,…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page167.html8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Sepoy Zar Kash of the Gilgit Levy, a militia unit which was one of those faced with defending the besieged Chitral fort. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928. -
Army of India Medal, with bar for Maheidpoor, awarded to Lt. J. Lyon, …
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page139.html8 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. -
Jellalabad Medal (1st issue), awarded to Pvt. Joseph Walker, 1842
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page185.html8 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. -
Militia Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, awarded to Cpl. J.…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page210.html8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Corporal J. McNamara of the 5th Royal Munster Fusiliers. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Seaby in 1927. -
Naval Good Shooting Medal, awarded to PO1 A. Gass 1905
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page290.html8 Aug 2021: the gunnery competitions held at the Annual Fleet Competitions with a similar medal. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928. -
Médaille d'Orient, 1926
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page306.html8 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 -
Indian Order of Merit, 3rd Class, awarded between 1837 and 1912
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page183.html8 Aug 2021: The receipient of this medal must therefore have been awarded the Order's medal at some point between 1837 and 1912, when Indian troops were made eligible for the Victoria Cross ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928. -
Queen's South Africa Medal, with bar for Natal, awarded to PO J.…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page314.html8 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. -
East and West Africa Medal, with bar for 1900, awarded to Pvt.…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page349.html8 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. -
Queen's South Africa Medal, with bar for Relief of Mafeking,…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page312.html8 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. -
Jellalabad Medal (2nd issue), awarded to Captain R. Dowson, 1842
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page186.html8 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. -
Scinde Campaign Medal (Hyderabad), awarded to Gunner W. Ancion, 1843
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page135.html8 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. -
Scinde Campaign Medal (Meanee & Hyderabad), awarded to Pvt.…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page217.html8 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. -
General Service Medal (Army & Royal Air Force), with bar for S.…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page237.html8 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 -
East and West Africa Medal, with engraving for M'wele 1895-6 on…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page351.html8 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. -
Mysore Campaign Medal, issued by the Honourable East India Company,…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page244.html8 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. -
Air Force Cross, awarded to Lt A. J. D. Peebles, 1919
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page38.html8 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. -
M嶮aille Comm幦orative des Campagnes d'Afrique 1914-1916, 1917…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page56.html8 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. -
Burma War Medal, awarded to an Indian officer, 1832
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page54.html8 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 -
Baltic Medal, 1856
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page46.html8 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. -
M嶮aille des 屴ad廥, issued 1926
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page127.html8 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 -
East and West Africa Medal, with bar for Brass River 1895, awarded to …
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page107.html8 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 -
Africa General Service Medal, with bars for N. Nigeria & Aro…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page36.html8 Aug 2021: The medal was awarded to Private Sule of the Northern Nigerian Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928. -
East and West Africa Medal, with bar for Witu August 1893, awarded to …
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page104.html8 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. -
M嶮aille Comm幦orative des Campagnes d'Afrique 1914-1916, 1917…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page55.html8 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. -
Third China War Medal, awarded to Ord. F. Whittle, 1901
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page73.html8 Aug 2021: The recipient of this medal was Orderly F. Whittle of HMS Endymion (not to be confused with the earlier frigate of the name, some of whose crew'sthe Watson collection). ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928. -
East India Company's Egypt Medal, issued 1802
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page114.html8 Aug 2021: The medal is unnamed, so we do not know who the recipient of this example was. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Gifford in 1927. -
Distinguished Conduct Medal, awarded to Cpl. W. Gill, probably in 1854
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page90.html8 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. -
Army of India Medal, with bar for Ava, awarded to Lt. A. Harrison,…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page137.html8 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. ... Harrison of the 38th South Stafffordshire Regiment. Lester Watson purchased it at some -
Queen's South Africa Medal, with bars for Cape Colony, Orange…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page324.html8 Aug 2021: Queen's South Africa Medal, 1902 (Second Boer War). During the 1830s and 1840s several Dutch republics had been established outside the British Cape Colony in South Africa, among which were ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928. -
New Zealand Medal (1860 to 1861), awarded to Boy George Gray, 1869
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page294.html8 Aug 2021: The dates on this medal relate to a conflict known as the First Taranaki War, which arose over a disputed sale of Maori land at Waitara. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928. -
India General Service Medal (1854-1895), with bar for Bhootan,…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page144.html8 Aug 2021: 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. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928. -
East and West Africa Medal, with bar for Benin River 1894, awarded to …
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page111.html8 Aug 2021: This example of the medal was awarded to Boy 1st Class W. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928. -
Naval Engineer's Medal, awarded to Engineer1 William Shaw, 1842
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page126.html8 Aug 2021: Engineer 1st Class William Shaw was the first recipient of the medal, for his service aboard HMS Tartarus in West Indian and American waters. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal in the auction of the Hamilton-Smith collection, of which it may have -
East India Company's Seringapatam Medal, issued 1808
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page329.html8 Aug 2021: Five thousand bronze versions of the medal were struck, so it is unlikely that this can be changed. ... Lester Watson purchased this example from the dealer Lowe in 1927. -
Long Service Medal for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, awarded to…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page213.html8 Aug 2021: From 1910 the medal bore a portrait of King George V by Richard Garbe, and it is one of this issue that belongs to the Watson Collection. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928. -
Egyptian Medal, with bars for The Nile 1884-85 & Kirbekan,…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page122.html8 Aug 2021: Egyptian Medal, with bars for The Nile 1884-85 & Kirbekan, awarded to 2nd Foreman F. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928. The Museum is grateful to Mr G. -
East and West Africa Medal, with bars for 1887-8, 1892 & 1893-94, …
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page105.html8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Sergeant J. Dunkley, of the 1st Battalion, 1st West India Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928. -
Third China War Medal, with bar for Relief of Pekin, awarded to Pvt.…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page74.html8 Aug 2021: Third China War Medal, 1901 (Boxer Rebellion). The extent to which foreign powers appeared to be able to intervene in nineteenth-century China without effective opposition from the Imperial dynasty led ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some -
India General Service Medal (1854-1895), with bar for N. E. Frontier…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page162.html8 Aug 2021: The state was soon after annexed to British India. This medal was awarded to Private F. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928. -
Central Africa Medal, awarded to Sepoy Ram Singh, 1895
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page100.html8 Aug 2021: Central Africa Medal, 1895. Peace-keeping operations in the British possessions in Central Africa, as anywhere else, required a large number of small campaigns, several of which, from 1894-1898 and ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point -
Africa General Service Medal, with bar for Nandi 1905-06, awarded to…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page34.html8 Aug 2021: The medal was awarded to Private Kipowetch of the East African Police Force. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928. -
Allied Victory Medal 1914-1918 (USA), with bar for Atlantic Fleet,…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page362.html8 Aug 2021: The United States was alone among the issuing nations in issuing campaign and battle clasps along with the medal, 47 different ones being authorised to cover all the theatres in which ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin -
British South Africa Company's Medal (Matabeleland 1893), awarded …
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page216.html8 Aug 2021: The Company, given a royal charter in 1889, recruited its own forces and from 1890 onwards significant engagements resulted in the award of this medal to those troops. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928. -
Polar Medal in bronze, with bars for Anarctic 1910-13 & Antarctic …
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page39.html8 Aug 2021: This design was first issued in 1904. The bar for 1910-1913 on this medal indicates that the recipient, whose name is not known, was one of the landing party in ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealer Baldwin in 1927. -
Army of India Medal, with bars for Assye, Argaum & Gawlighur,…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page142.html8 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 later than most of his collection, from the London
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