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8 Aug 2021: This Badge was awarded to Colonel Lawrence Fyler of the 12th Lancers, whose service in the Crimea earned himmedals and whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and ... Fyler's medals are not, for the most part, physically attached to

8 Aug 2021: The campaign for which this medal was awarded was a native police operation that quelled a small rising in the Shire Highlands of Nyasaland (now part of Malawi). ... Lester Watson purchased it in the auction of the Hamilton Smith Collection, of which it

8 Aug 2021: It is one of three medals that were awarded to him that are now in the Watson Collection; the othersThe medals are not attached to each other so although the Watson ... Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them at some point before

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Captain Lawrence Fyler of the 16th Lancers, whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and shows a career spent in India andfor the ... This medal is attached to two others and the catalogue of the Watson

8 Aug 2021: was awarded for general service in the area in the latter part of that year. ... The medal forms part of what Lester Watson's catalogue lists as Group 1, and its provenance is discussed in the page for that group.

8 Aug 2021: Reverse, the royal monogram of King George V at centre with inscription below and border. ... M. Monk, whose medals are part of what the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Group 6.

8 Aug 2021: Bars were issued for his battle honours subsequent to this. This medal was awarded to Captain Lawrence Fyler of the 16th Lancers, whose medal group has come entire into the Watson ... This medal is attached to two others and the catalogue of the Watson

8 Aug 2021: Médaille Militaire, 1870-1915. Many of the medals currently on issue in France date back to the reign of Emperor Napoléon III, in whose time France renewed its international r犨e in ... Although this medal is part of the Watson Collection, Lester

8 Aug 2021: Cape of Good Hope General Service Medal, 1900. The British colony on the Cape of Good Hope, now part of South Africa, was run by an independent administration with its own ... Lester Watson bought it in the auction of the Hamilton Smith Collection, of

8 Aug 2021: a separate organisation with its own structure, as part of which the Honourable Artillery Co. ... Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them at some point before 1928; they had all previously formed part of the Payne Collection.

8 Aug 2021: This example of the medal bears the bust and name of Louis Napoléon; after his death a new version was struck in the name of the new Republic. ... Although this medal is part of the Watson Collection, Lester Watson's own lists give no provenance for it.

8 Aug 2021: The recipient of this medal was Orderly F. Whittle of HMS Endymion (not to be confused with the earlier frigate of the name, some of whose crew'sthe Watson collection). ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Reverse, inscription. Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1854-1901. The Distinguished Conduct Medal was instituted in particular recognition of the gallant exploits of soldiers serving in the Crimea, but was awarded for distinguished ... It was purchased by

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private S. Wilson, of the 1st East Lancashire Regiment, although this unit was not part of either of the Chitral relief expeditions. ... It has been renamed. Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: It is one of three of his medals that are now in the Watson Collection;follow. ... Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them at some point before 1928; they had all previously formed part of the Payne Collection.

8 Aug 2021: It was awarded to Corporal Abdulla Mongo of the 4th Battalion, King's African Rifles. ... Lester Watson purchased it in the auction of the Hamilton Smith Collection, of which it had formed part, in 1927 (Glendining, 20-21 July 1927, lot 956).

8 Aug 2021: It was awarded to Private Chamula of the 1st King's African Rifles. ... Lester Watson purchased it in the auction of the Hamilton Smith Collection, of which it had formed part, in 1927 (Glendining, 20-21 July 1927, lot 955).

8 Aug 2021: This medal is unnamed, but belonged to 2nd Lieutenant John Mitchell of the Royal Air Force, with whoseLester Watson acquired it. ... Although the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers this medal part of its Group 7, the medals of that group are

8 Aug 2021: The medal is distinguished by the elaborate design of the suspension ribbon, which shows an eagle fighting a snake. ... Although the medal is part of the Watson Collection, Lester Watson's own lists give no provenance for it.

8 Aug 2021: The latter bar covered eleven separate punitive expeditions, in one or several of which must have taken part Private J. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.