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8 Aug 2021: Some of the British forces involved in this campaign were awarded this medal by the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Mejid in 1843; in 1848 many also received the Naval General Service Medal ... Lester Watson purchased this medal 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: Such an award was however unprecedented at the time. Soldiers present at these battles were also credited with two years' extra service to count for all purposes. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928. It had previously been

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased the medal 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: due to the lead time involved in establishing the new government, and in the interim some Czech soldiers were awarded the Belgian version of the medal. ... Lester Watson purchased it 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: Not only did these ex-slaves revolt at least once, but as the number of quasi-repatriated settlers in the country grew, the indigenous peoples of the area rose up several ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

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

8 Aug 2021: In January 1895 the Royal Niger Company's station at Akassa was attacked and more than forty people killed. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point from the London dealer Spink before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: a massacre of Europeans at the Battle of Isandlwana. ... Lester Watson purchased it 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 ... Be that as it may, Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before

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

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

8 Aug 2021: This medal is unnamed, and the recipient cannot be identified, but the bar for the battle at Foshan tells us that he was a sailor or a marine. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: An initial treaty was settled between France, Russia, the USA and Britain at Tientsin in 1858, but the Chinese signatory's authority was disputable, and when China refused to honour the ... The medal is unnamed, and the recipient cannot be identified.

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 purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Hawkes's luck did not last; he was killed in action at Fyzabad, India on 14 August 1858. ... Lester Watson purchased his Cross at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: An initial treaty was settled between France, Russia, the USA and Britain at Tientsin in 1858, but the Chinese, upon whom it was imposed without agreement, ignored its terms leading to ... This medal is unnamed, and the recipient cannot be identified.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased the medal 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 acquired it 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 ... His service aboard has been verified. Lester Watson purchased the medal from

8 Aug 2021: at the request of King Theodore, but imprisoned on their arrival along with other British representatives. ... Simpkin was presumably part of this effort, and Lester Watson purchased the medal awarded for 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. ... His medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: After some international indecision this was suppressed by British arms, the final blow being delivered at the Battle of Tel-al-Kebir, where a British force of 17,000 men under ... Lester Watson acquired the medal 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: 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: Reverse, Britannia at left with a trident standing facing right and gesturing to sky before a British lion. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: For the lesser ones of these the North West Frontier bar was awarded in 1869, although some expeditions were thought to merit individual bars. ... Savage of the 2nd Border Regiment, whose medal this is. Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928

8 Aug 2021: Franklin himself seems to have died at King William Island on 25 April 1848. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928. The Museum is grateful to Mr G.

8 Aug 2021: The phrase New Zealand Wars covers a variety of affrays, whose common factors were relatively few beyond that all, at some level, involved government forces suppressing risings by the indigenous Maori ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer

8 Aug 2021: In some cases, like this one, it was awarded for participation in both. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Franklin himself seems to have died at King William Island on 25 April 1848. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealer 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 purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: His medal has suffered somewhat, and was at some point in its history mounted as a brooch, but his service in the campaign is verified and the Medals Roll confirms the ... Lester Watson bought it from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928; it had

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 purchased this medal at some point before 1928; it had

8 Aug 2021: After some international indecision the coup was suppressed by British arms, the final blow to the uprising being the Battle of Tel-al-Kebir, where a British force of 17,000 ... Lester Watson purchased the medal 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 it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The phrase New Zealand Wars covers a variety of affrays, whose common factors were relatively few beyond that all, at some level, involved government forces suppressing risings by the indigenous Maori ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer

8 Aug 2021: well as some Chinese) to relieve the foreign population of Beijing and finally suppress the rebellion. ... From King Edward's hand to Private Jones's and eventually to Lester Watson's, who purchased the medal 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 it from the London dealer Spink at some point before 1928.

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

8 Aug 2021: At the point at which the Maori rebels were persuaded to sue for peace in exchange for pardon, British losses perhaps slightly outnumbered all the Maori ones. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928. The Museum is grateful to Mr G.

8 Aug 2021: Obverse, the head of King George V facing left. Reverse, Britannia with trident standing at the centre and placing a wreath on the hilt of a winged sword to the left. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin at some point

8 Aug 2021: At the point at which the Maori rebels were persuaded to sue for peace in exchange for pardon, British losses perhaps slightly outnumbered all the Maori ones. ... Lester Watson purchased Coughlan's medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The phrase New Zealand Wars covers a variety of affrays, whose common factors were relatively few beyond that all, at some level, involved government forces suppressing risings by the indigenous Maori ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer