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8 Aug 2021: Reverse, an Apollonine libational tripod and a cauldron at the centre with "MCMXIV" & "MCMXVIII" inscribed on either side, and with two doves with olive sprays flying above. ... It cannot therefore be known to whom it was awarded. Lester Watson bought

8 Aug 2021: After some international indecision this was suppressed by British arms, and this medal awarded to those involved. ... Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The Company's decorations and awards however often continued in issue for some time, and thus the last issues of the Company's Long Service Medal were made in 1873. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Reverse, the Portuguese arms arranged at the left on a central tranverse bar composed of Portuguese crosses, the central word of legend being overlaid. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The British forces suffered only a few men wounded. Among those unhurt was a Midshipman Roger Keyes, serving aboard HMS Turquoise, with whom another Watson Collection recipient earned a medal in ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before

8 Aug 2021: Riots against Europeans in Alexandria led to British intervention after some indecision, and the coup was suppressed by British arms. ... Lester Watson acquired this piece at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson bought his medal from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: some years, under Sir Arthur Wellesley, the later Duke of Wellington (who is seen on the reverse of the MGSM). ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: It was acquired by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: force at the Châteauguay River and the round defeat of another in a piecemeal battle at Crysler's Farm. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: After some international indecision this was suppressed by British arms, and this medal awarded to those involved. ... Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Ill-treatment of a diplomatic mission and border raiding compelled British intervention at the end of that year. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: decorations, but did not serve at Sebastopol, so to earn this bar Carter must have either fought ashore in the Naval Brigade, or else been on Wrangler only 'on loan' while ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928. The Museum

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson acquired the cross at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: well as some Chinese) to relieve the foreign population of Beijing and finally suppress the rebellion. ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Several serious defeats of Egyptian forces in 1884 by his forces led to a concerted British campaign in defence of Egyptian claims, but but despite a victory at El-Teb and ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Stockton of the 1st Rifle Brigade. Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Indian Mutiny Medal, 1858. The Indian Mutiny of 1857, now regarded in some quarters of India as the First Indian War of Independence, has a history far too complex to be ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: from a neighbouring tribe now under British protection; simultaneous campaigns against a henchman of the Gambian chieftain Fodi Kabba at Toniataba, against the Jebu tribe in modern Nigeria, and in Tambi ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point

8 Aug 2021: The result was that many of the bars were issued in tiny numbers, with some combinations all but unique, and the medals command a very high price among collectors because of ... Be that as it may, Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before

8 Aug 2021: Mick, of the 1st Battalion, 10th Foot. Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: 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: The campaigns against the insurgent peoples lasted some eight months from 1877 into 1878 and involved, as well as extensive local forces, contingents of both the British Army and the Royal ... Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealers

8 Aug 2021: Baltic Medal, 1856. Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, Britannia seated with a trident, a cannon at her feet, before two distant fortresses. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealer Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Instead the campaign's identity was engraved at the top of the rim. ... Her complement later earnt another medal which has ended up in the Watson Collection.) Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Obverse, Liberty with sword and shield standing atop a disc. Reverse, the arms of the USA done as a totem pole with a double-headed axe at the top. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: supplies. Riel was forced to surrender, and was tried and hanged. He is still regarded as a hero and national father in some Québecois quarters. ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: In the 1880s however the discovery of vast gold reserves in Transvaal brought large numbers of foreign settlers, largely British, across the border, and an attempted coup at the instigation of ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: well as some Chinese) to relieve the foreign population of Beijing and finally suppress the rebellion. ... His medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The result was that many of the bars were issued in tiny numbers, with some combinations all but unique, and the medals command a very high price among collectors because of ... The award of this bar to him has been verified. Lester Watson purchased the

8 Aug 2021: The result was that many of the bars were issued in tiny numbers, with some combinations all but unique, and the medals command a very high price among collectors because of ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: It was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928, and had previously been part of the Payne Collection.

8 Aug 2021: Obverse, a bust of King Edward VII. Reverse, the British lion standing on a rock at the left watching the sunrise; a shield and two assegais below. ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The campaigns for which this medal was awarded were a number of operations against small tribes at the head of the Benue River around Yola. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: An initial treaty was settled between France, Russia, the USA and Britain at Tientsin in 1858. ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Its suspension is unusual. Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The result was that many of the bars were issued in tiny numbers, with some combinations all but unique, and the medals command a very high price among collectors because of ... Lester Watson bought this medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded for participation in a variety of small operations in the North of Nigeria, some of which were only made eligible for the medal and its bar in ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: damaging the balance of trade, began to clamp down on it and to try to prevent importation at all. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: An initial treaty was settled between France, Russia, the USA and Britain at Tientsin in 1858, although the Taku Forts that guard the entry to the Hai He River had had ... His medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Precise dating of this example is difficult, beyond the fact that it is an issue of the reign of George V, and that it was in the Watson Collection by 1928. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before the making of his catalogue that year.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: At the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries what is now Nepal was an area under pressure from two converging empires, the British in India and the Gurkhas of Kathmandu. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928.