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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 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 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: This medal was awarded to Private M. Fitzpatrick of the 55th Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

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: 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, 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: 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: 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: 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.