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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 from the London dealers Baldwin's in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Sergeant-Major H. Kingshott, of the Waggon Train. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Awarded the medal for this campaign was Private J. Andrews of the 11th Light Dragoons, whose medal this is. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Only some 250 Transport Medals were therefore awarded. This example was awarded to J. ... Collier, of whose service nothing more is known. Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink in 1926.

8 Aug 2021: This is the award for participation only in the siege of Kandahar. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The First Afghan War was brought about, against a background of British desire to control this troublesome area on the Indian North-West Frontier, by the campaign of the exiled Shah ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: A corresponding award was made by the Navy.) This example was awarded to Private T. ... Sutton of the 24th Foot. Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Lowe 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: 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: This medal was awarded to Lieutenant Edward Osborn of the 2nd Native Infantry. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal later than most of his collection, from the London dealer Baldwin in 1930.

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: This medal was awarded to Private Robert McCullough of the 3rd Foot, for participation in this difficult mountain campaign. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private M. Fitzpatrick of the 55th Regiment. ... 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: 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: This medal, which is named to Captain Campbell, a pilot, is one such exception. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal is however inscribed to Able Bodied Seaman George Eyres of the 74-gun first-rate HMS Leviathan. ... Be that as it may, Lester Watson purchased this medal 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: Nonetheless, the victory was commemorated by a bar, and this medal, awarded to William Gladstone, who was Surgeon's Mate aboard HMS Sans Pareil during the battle, bears it. ... The award of this bar to him has been verified. Lester Watson purchased the

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: The award, of which this is one, was made in 1926. ... Its recipient in this case, who is unnamed, must have been unfortunately short of money, because Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin only the next year, in

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private D. Murphy of the 4th Royal Munster Fusiliers. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Seaby in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: and Benevente, for which the bar to this medal was awarded, to Sergeant J. ... Elliott of the 10th Hussars. Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: This is a rare proof in silver of William Wyon's initial, rejected, design. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private P. McHugh of the 66th Foot. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Naick Balloo of the 27th Native Infantry. ... Lester Watson purchased it in an auction in November 1926.

8 Aug 2021: Seemingly present in both the Afghan and Mahsud campaigns was Private Chowrimuthoo of the 1st Battalion, 61st Pioneers, whose medal this is. ... This must have been done very early if so, however, since Lester Watson purchased the medal, issued in 1921,

8 Aug 2021: He may also have been eligible for the NGSM, but the example of this medal in the Watson Collection appears to have gone to a seaman more junior than would have ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This example was awarded to Orderly William Frost, who served aboard the 74-gun 3rd-rate battleship HMS York. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Corporal Bernard Reilly of the 68th Light Infantry. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Baji Rao's subjects greeted this with outrage and rebellion ensued. Among the rebels were the Bhonsle rulers of Nagpur and Berar, whose forces attacked a British column from their fortress ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealer

8 Aug 2021: indicates that this medal was awarded, to Sergeant Frederick Carthy of the Royal New Zealand Artillery. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928. ... The Museum is grateful to Mr Sawyer Rank for his information on this medal.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private Papayya of the 28th Madras Infantry. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford in 1928.

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: The Africa General Service Medal replaced the East and West Africa Medal which had previously been awarded for service in this theatre. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealer Baldwin in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Martin of the Devon Regiment, to whom this medal was awarded. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private F. Horton of the 1st Battalion, Scottish Borderers. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: In 1920 this heroic but vain defence was commemorated with the issue of the Médaille de Liège to all survivors from the defending forces by the town's mayor, Gustave Kleyer. ... This example bears no name, and its recipient is unknown. Lester Watson

8 Aug 2021: This one was awarded to Gunner C. F. Hartlen of the Halifax Garrison Artillery. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded for a battle of the American War of 1812'. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928; it had previously formed part of the Whalley Collection.

8 Aug 2021: This one was awarded to Corporal J. Smart of the Royal Canadian Rifles. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private James Lavis, of the Royal Marines contingent aboard the Amazon. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Able Bodied Seaman Simon Redgrave of the 24-gun frigate HMS Magicienne, which took no actual part in the battle. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Vittoria. This medal was awarded to Captain of Forecastle Joshua Carson, of HMS Reindeer. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: This, while boosting the country's productivity, also caused resentment among the local population. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealer Baldwin in 1933.

8 Aug 2021: Among the regular forces involved in the suppression of the revolt was Sapper Gabriel of the 2nd Battalion, Queen Victoria's Own Sappers and Miners, whose medal this is. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased this medal in a New York auction in November 1926. ... Before this it had been sold at the London house Glendining in July 1904.

8 Aug 2021: For fighting at Lucknow during the second relief effort and subsequent evacuation, or in the city's recapture the next year, this bar was awarded to the Indian Mutiny Medal. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This in turn, along with the manufacture in most cases of more bars than were eventually issued, has led to the improvement' of many common awards where recipients' names are shared ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealers Baldwin