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8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Lieutenant R. Pratt of the 41st Regiment. ... 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: 1918, this was not in fact done and merchant seamen sailing in war zones were awarded the new (but less splendid) Mercantile Marine War Medal instead. ... Collier, of whose service nothing more is known. Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Sergeant Hagar Norwood of the 40th Regiment. ... 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: Possibly therefore this medal was at some point in its history retooled with the bar bearing the famous name of Mafeking to increase its value, although in fact Farrell's original ... Lester Watson purchased the medal as it is at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: 13 nations in all issued a variety of this medal; all shared the rainbow ribbon and suspension, and all but the Japanese, who lacked a comparable symbolic figure, used a form ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point

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: 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: Reverse, legend with wreath around. M嶮aille des 屴ad廥, 1926. Some time after the Allied victory in the Great War it was decided to issue a gallantry medal (in bronze) for all ... Its recipient in this case, who is unnamed, must have been

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 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: His presence on the ship at this time has been verified, and the General Honours Roll confirms the award of the medal to him. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928.

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 medal was awarded to Private J. Kelly of the 1st Battalion, 1st West India Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased the 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: This medal was awarded to R. Crawford of the 94th Foot; his name is on the Roll of those awarded the medal, and he was also entitled to a Military General ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealer Baldwin in 1928.

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: The dates on this medal relate to the conflict known as the Second Taranaki War. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Manning's presence on the ship during this period has been verified, and the Medals Roll confirms the award of this medal to him. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal in a New York auction in November 1926.

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: 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 medal was awarded to Able Bodied Seaman Edward Rose, who served aboard HMS Ringdove in an extremely busy period in which that vessel participated in two major campaigns and a ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealers Baldwin 1927

8 Aug 2021: India General Service Medal (1854-1895), with bar for Waziristan 1894-5, awarded to Pvt. ... Savage of the 2nd Border Regiment, whose medal this is. Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Naval General Service Medal, with bars for Centurion 18 Sep.t 1804, Trafalgar & Basque Roads 1809, awarded to AB James Cole, 1848. ... Presumably AB Cole managed to leave naval service after this. Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealers

8 Aug 2021: The rarity of this medal, which is inscribed to Boy John Wilson, a Marine aboard the Boadicea, raises questions. ... Nonetheless, Lester Watson purchased this medal from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private John Halpin, of the contingent of Royal Marines serving aboard HMS Donegal, a 74-gun first-rate which had previously been the French ship Hoche. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928; it had

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Able Bodied Seaman T. Simpkin, whose vessel, HMS Spiteful, despite only being a paddle-steamer single-handedly quelled piracy in the Arabian Gulf during the campaign, ... Simpkin was presumably part of this effort, and Lester

8 Aug 2021: For the initial occupation operations, however, and for the expedition into North-West Persia of later 1920, the bars that adorn this medal were awarded. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The bars to this medal indicate that its recipient, Private William Baxendale of the 1st Battalion, 8th Regiment, was part of the forces that besieged and captured Mughal Delhi and then ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal is one of those awarded to the Eurotas's crew, to Ship's Boy John Hampton. ... Clorinde became HMS Aurora. Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1929; it had previously been sold through the London auction house

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: The dates on this medal relate to a series of conflicts, of which the first was that known as the First Taranaki War, which arose over a disputed sale of Maori ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Naval General Service Medal, with bar for Gaieta 24 July 1815, inscribed to Thomas Cook 1848. ... Lester Watson purchased it late in his life, from the London dealer Seaby in 1937; it had previously been sold at Sotheby's in November 1912.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to John Cowen. The Medals Roll confirms the award of this piece to him, although it gives his name as Cohen. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: His presence on the ship at this time has been verified, and the Medals Roll confirms the award of this medal to a man of this name. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928; it had previously come up for sale in an auction at

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.