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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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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