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8 Aug 2021: This silver issue of the medal was awarded to Indian troops from Bengal and Madras in 1832; officers received a gold version. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealer Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The resulting Army of India Army of India medal covered battles from 1799 to 1826 in a theatre where many conflicts had subsequently arisen, so many of those involved were no ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928

8 Aug 2021: East and West Africa Medal, 1892. Peace-keeping operations in the British possessions in Africa, as anywhere else, required a large number of small campaigns, several of which, from 1892 until ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealer

8 Aug 2021: One recipient of the medal was Private R. Hamilton, of the 2nd Battalion, 60th Foot. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealer Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal bears the bar for participation in that battle, and for action during the long siege of Sevastopol. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Woods of the 2nd Battalion Loyals, or 81st Foot. This is his medal. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealer Spink in 1925.

8 Aug 2021: The resulting Army of India medal covered battles from 1799 to 1826, so many of those involved were no longer living. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealer Baldwin in 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: 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: Mysore Campaign Medal, 1793 (Third Anglo-Mysore War). Mysore, in the far south of modern India, was the centre of a kingdom from the fifteenth century until 1947, but from the ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Gifford in 1927.

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: 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: East India Company's Egypt Medal, 1802. General Napoleon Bonaparte, in 1798 not yet in power in France, conceived the idea of attacking Egypt to cut Britain off from India, and ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Gifford in 1927.

8 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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 Aug 2021: The resulting Army of India medal covered battles from 1799 to 1826, so many of those involved were no longer living. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal later than most of his collection, from the London dealer Baldwin in 1930.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private William Kingston, of the Royal Marine contingent aboard HMS Romulus; the Medal Roll records its award to a William Kingstone. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the dealer Gifford in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The resulting Army of India medal covered battles from 1799 to 1826, so many of those involved were no longer living. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford in 1927.