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8 Aug 2021: There is no final way to decide on the authenticity of this piece. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928; before that it had been sold at Glendining's in London in May 1915.

8 Aug 2021: 55). Survivors won this bar 44 years later. One such was Able Bodied Seaman James Cole, who went from Centurion to serve in HMS Revenge. ... Presumably AB Cole managed to leave naval service after this. Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London

8 Aug 2021: The dates on this medal relate to a pair of conflicts known as the Waikato Invasion and the Taurange Campaign. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

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: Of the 49 Europeans and 79 Indians so entitled, one was Corporal Patrick Keays of the 1st Battalion, Bengal Artillery, whose medal this is; its award has been verified. ... Lester Watson purchased it some time before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Purser Thomas Bastin, who had the almost unique distinction of being awarded two Naval General Service Medals. ... went to the London dealers Baldwin, and Lester Watson purchased it thence in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private William Walton of the 1st Battalion, 12th Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private Edward Rowbottom of the 50th Queen's Own Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private J. H. Webster of the 40th Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private G. Palmer of the 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: French troops who survived combat in the Dardanelles, in which French forces took nearly as many casualties as the Australians, were in 1926 awarded this medal. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This is the award for participation in all three sieges, of the city of Kandahar, the mountain pass fortress of Ghazni and the Afghan capital of Kabul. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: It was reportedly designed by Princess Henry of Battenburg, Queen Victoria's youngest daughter Beatrice, whose husband Prince Henry of Battenburg died of illness contracted on this campaign. ... It is unnamed, and the recipient therefore unknown. Lester

8 Aug 2021: As a result it is not known to whom this medal was issued. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This one was awarded to Corporal W. Sinclair of the 2nd Quebec Battery. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This proved no protection against the Resident's murder along with other British residents in September 1879, whereupon war was rejoined. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 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 this one at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Battery Quartermaster Sergeant J. Christie of the Royal Field Artillery. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private D. Bryce of the 2nd West India Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This example of the Victory Medal is one of those issued by the Belgian government. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.