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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: Possibly therefore this medal was at some point in its history retooled with the bar bearing the famous name of Mafeking to increase its value, although in fact Farrell's original ... Lester Watson purchased the medal as it is 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: 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: Burma War Medal, awarded to an Indian officer, 1832. Obverse, the elephant of Ava at right bowing before the British lion at left, who stands before a Union Jack flagstaff. ... This one is unnamed, so the recipient cannot be identified. Lester Watson

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: 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: 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.

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: 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: 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: Even before the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin in 1897, British forces were occasionally committed against the more independently-minded chiefs of the territory. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink at some point before

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: 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

8 Aug 2021: Not all the conflicts for which the New Zealand Medal was awarded were of this kind, however, some rather being wars between Maori tribes in which one side had managed to ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe 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: the voyageurs to participate in the capture of the Mahdist outpost at Kirbekan that earnt him the second bar to his medal. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928. The Museum is grateful to Mr G.

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: well as some Chinese) to relieve the foreign population of Beijing and finally suppress the rebellion. ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 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