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8 Aug 2021: This bar was awarded for participation in that campaign, and is here affixed to the medal of Drummer G. ... Mick, of the 1st Battalion, 10th Foot. Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The earliest issues of the medal indicate that the War was not expected to last as long as it did, as they bear the dates 1899-1900 in the reverse field. ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: When the first issue was made under King George V, in 1911, Richard Garbe designed a new obverse but the medal was otherwise unaltered. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The award of the medal is not dated, but as Commonwealth was stricken in 1921, the medal must date from before then. ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point between then and 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private A. Campbell of the 1st Battalion, 5th Royal Highlanders, otherwise known as the Black Watch. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: was recognised by Sultan Abdul Mejid I with the issue of a medal for all the troops of all nations involved, struck to a slightly different design for each country. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: His unit were deeply involved in all the campaigns for which the medal was awarded, and only further research would reveal in which of the wars' engagements he saw service. ... Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to 1st Driver Kamalapoory Southuyaroo of the Bullock Half Troop, Wellington. ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The bars of the medal however relate to a later campaign, against Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad ibn al-Sayyid 'Abd Allah and his allies, who after the proclamation of Muhammad Ahmad as ... Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The medal is correspondingly rare. Among its few recipients was Bombardier Patrick Cashman of what was by 1859 the 3rd Battalion, European Artillery. ... Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928.