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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: 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: 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.

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: 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.

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 later than most of his collection, from the London

8 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.

8 Aug 2021: 1848. 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 ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 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.

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: 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

8 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.

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 bears a bar for participation in this unsuccessful campaign, and also for action during the long siege of Sevastopol. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928. The Museum gratefully acknowledges the help of Mr G.

8 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.

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: 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.

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: 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.

8 Aug 2021: This makes the medal impossible to distinguish from the Ashantee War Medal when worn. ... 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