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East India Company's Egypt Medal, issued 1811
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page113.html8 Aug 2021: East India Company's Egypt Medal, issued 1811. Obverse, a sepoy with a flagstaff flying a Union Jack before an encampment. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928. -
Meritorious Service Medal (Army), awarded to RSM R. Knight between…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page221.html8 Aug 2021: This medal was therefore issued at some point between 1849 and 1901, when the death of Queen Victoria necessitated a change of the original Wyon portrait on the obverse. ... Knight of the 12th Lancers. Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928. -
Sutlej Campaign Medal (Moodker 1845), with bars for Ferozeshuhur,…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page343.html8 Aug 2021: Initially the British feared imminent defeat, as they were outnumbered and undersupplied, but the Sikhs did not press home their advantage before the British managed to reinforce their position, whereafter they ... None surrendered. Lester Watson -
India General Service Medal (1854-1895), with bar for North West…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page156.html8 Aug 2021: Some particularly noteworthy engagements were awarded separate bars, and numerous further campaigns followed after 1868, butwere usually awarded. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928. -
East and West Africa Medal, with bar for 1891-92, awarded to Pvt. G.…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page102.html8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealer Spink at some point before 1928. -
East India Company Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, awarded to…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page197.html8 Aug 2021: George Cade, 1862. Obverse, a collection of war trophies with the Company arms on a shield at the centre. ... Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928. -
Afghanistan Medal, with bar for Ali Musjid, awarded to Pvt. P.…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page22.html8 Aug 2021: This medal bears the clasp for participation in the capture of the hill fortress of Ali Musjid, one of the two actions which led to Shere Ali fleeing Kabul before the ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928. -
Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, awarded to Pvt. Mathew…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page201.html8 Aug 2021: at the point of their discharge from service, although this was cancelled in 1875. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928. -
Tibet Medal, with bar for Gyantse, awarded to Gunner T. McDonagh 1905
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page344.html8 Aug 2021: Some of the most vicious fighting on the British expedition was met withand the bar that this medal bears acknowleges participation in that fighting, by Gunner T. ... Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928. -
India General Service Medal (1854-1895), with bar for Hazara 1888,…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page148.html8 Aug 2021: Roberts of the 2nd Battalion, Sussex Regiment. Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928. -
Transport Medal, with bar for South Africa 1899-1900, awarded to E.…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page346.html8 Aug 2021: Only some 250 Transport Medals were therefore awarded. This example was awarded to E. ... L. Jackson, of whose service nothing more is known. Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928. -
Punjab Campaign Medal, with bars for Mooltan & Goojerat, awarded…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page307.html8 Aug 2021: Patrick Boylan, 1849. Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, a general on horseback receiving the Sikhs' surrender before a hill topped with a palm tree. ... Lester Watson purchased the piece at some point before 1928. -
Allied Victory Medal 1914-1918 (British), 1919
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page360.html8 Aug 2021: Allied Victory Medal 1914-1918 (British), 1919. Obverse, Victory standing at centre with a wreath and a palm branch. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928. -
India General Service Medal (1854-1895), with bar for Umbeyla,…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page157.html8 Aug 2021: For the lesser ones of these the North West Frontier bar was awarded in 1869, but some expeditions were thought to merit individual bars. ... Small, whose medal this is. Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928. -
Queen's Sudan Medal, awarded to Pvt. G. Palmer, 1899
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page338.html8 Aug 2021: Reverse, Victory seated on a dais that bears the inscription and is supported by three lilies; she holds a laurel wreath and a palm branch and sits before crossed standards. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928. -
Distinguished Conduct Medal, awarded to Pvt. J. Miller, 1916
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page92.html8 Aug 2021: The medal was acquired by Lester Watson at some point before 1928. -
Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, awarded to Col. Sgt. R. Bransom…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page203.html8 Aug 2021: 1908, at which point the medal was awarded to any Volunteers who did not wish to transfer to the new Territorial Force, but had nonetheless accumulated 16 or more years of ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928. -
Honourable Artillery Company of London's Old Gunners' Club…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page389.html8 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 -
Group 2
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page377.html8 Aug 2021: v. The group is mounted on a brass bar slid between the ribbons, with a pin at the back across all three ribbons to hold them in place. ... Mott, of the 1st Battalion Border Regiment. Lester Watson purchased the group from the London dealers Baldwin at -
Copy of Turkish Crimean Medal (French issue), engraved to Gunner W.…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page85.html8 Aug 2021: Reverse, a cannon and mortar left and right before four standards of Crimean Allies, French flag to the front. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928. -
M嶮aille Comm幦orative des Dardanelles, issued 1926
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page77.html8 Aug 2021: Reverse, a crossed artillery piece and axe before two standards, the nearer of which bears legend "HONNEUR / PATRIE / 1913 / 1918"; the artist's name can be seen in the left of ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928. -
William Medal (Hanoverian Army Long Service & Good Conduct),…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page194.html8 Aug 2021: This example bears no name, and its recipient is unknown. Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928. -
Candahar, Ghuznee & Cabul Medal awarded to Sgt. James Beck, 1842
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page20.html8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928. -
Baltic Medal, 1856
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page45.html8 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 at some point before 1928. -
Queen's South Africa Medal, with bars for Cape Colony, Wepener,…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page321.html8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Lt. D. T. Davies of the Kaffir Rifles, who was therefore presumably among the defenders at Wepener. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928. -
Ashanti Star, 1896
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page42.html8 Aug 2021: In 1896 however, Britain, alleging Ashanti cannibalism and human sacrifice, and under the pretext of recovering a debt that the previous ruler had incurred to the British twenty years before, sent ... It is unnamed, and the recipient therefore unknown. -
Indian Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, awarded to Sepoy…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page206.html8 Aug 2021: Indian Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, 1901-1910. At King Edward VII's succession to Queen Victoria in 1901, most of the service medals then on issue were renewed with ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928. -
Queen's South Africa Medal, with bar for Defence of Kimberley,…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page313.html8 Aug 2021: It is therefore likely that at some point in its history this medal has been retooled with the rare Defence of Kimberley clasp to increase its sale value. ... Lester Watson purchased it anyway at some point before 1928. The Museum must gratefully -
Canada General Service Medal, with bar for Red River 1870, awarded to …
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page129.html8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928. -
Davison's Nile Medal, issued 1798
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page78.html8 Aug 2021: s prize agent for the campaign, Alexander Davison, had this medal made in Birmingham at his own expense for distribution to the officers and men present at the battle. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928. -
Kabul to Kandahar Star, awarded to Pvt. R. Hamilton, 1881
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page187.html8 Aug 2021: The remains of this force retired back to Kandahar where they were heavily besieged for a month before relief could arrive from Kabul. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealer Baldwin at some point before 1928. -
North West Canada Medal, with bar for Saskatchewan, awarded to…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page304.html8 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. ... rebels. Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928. -
Egyptian Medal, with bar for Tamaai, awarded to Driver F. Hanes, 1884
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page123.html8 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. -
Group 1
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page373.html8 Aug 2021: The third medal bears no inscription at all. The group is joined by stitching at the top of the ribbons. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928. -
Afghanistan Medal, with bars for Peiwar Kotal, Charasia and Kabul,…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page25.html8 Aug 2021: fleeing Kabul before the British. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928. -
First China War Medal, awarded to Pvt. Cornelius McCarthy, 1843
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page62.html8 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. -
Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, awarded to Pvt. W. Comber …
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page212.html8 Aug 2021: Reverse, inscription. Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, 1910-1935. At King George V's succession to King Edward VII in 1910, most of the service medals then on issue were ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928. -
Queen's South Africa Medal, with bars for Cape Colony, Rhodesia,…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page319.html8 Aug 2021: They therefore turned to a dogged campaign of guerilla warfare, and it was May 1902 before the last of the distinct forces operating in the different provinces of the two Boer ... The medal incorrectly gives his first initial as C.'. Lester Watson -
Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, awarded to Batt. QM Sgt.…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page205.html8 Aug 2021: Reverse, inscription. Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, 1901-1910. At King Edward VII's succession to Queen Victoria in 1901, most of the service medals then on issue were renewed ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928. -
Group 6 (part)
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page390.html8 Aug 2021: The Lester Watson Collection also includes two other medals that belonged to him, but as these are not attached to this group they have beenNonetheless, it was as a group of ... four that Lester Watson acquired them all, at some point before 1928. -
East and West Africa Medal, with bar for 1896-98, awarded to Pvt. D.…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page350.html8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928. -
British South Africa Company's Medal (Rhodesia 1896), with bar…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page326.html8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased this one at some point before 1928. -
Crimean War Medal, with bars for Alma & Sebastopol, issued in…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page80.html8 Aug 2021: An early allied success was the defeat at Alma in 1854 of a larger Russian army that had been sent to oppose the initial allied landings. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928. -
Kimberley Star, awarded to Cpt. A. Ward, 1900
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page192.html8 Aug 2021: point. Reverse, inscription. Kimberley Star, 1900 (Second Boer War). During the 1830s and 1840s several Dutch republics had been established outside the British Cape Colony in South Africa, among which were ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point -
Allied Victory Medal 1914-1918 (Belgian), 1919
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page361.html8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928. -
India General Service Medal (1854-1895), with bar for Jowaki 1877-8,…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page150.html8 Aug 2021: An expedition sent against them in 1877-1878 engaged their forces briefly at Jowaki and thereafter destroyed several villages by way of punishment'. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928. -
Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, awarded to Capt. Fore Top …
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page196.html8 Aug 2021: this issue was for a while continued, before alterations were made in 1848. ... Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928. -
Meritorious Service Medal (Army), awarded to Col. Sgt. J. Costello…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page222.html8 Aug 2021: Costello of the 27th Foot, at some point during Edward VII's reign. ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928. -
Afghanistan Medal, with bars for Ahmed Khel and Kandahar, awarded to…
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page24.html8 Aug 2021: It is not impossible that the unnamed example of that piece in the Watson Collection also belonged to Harris. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928. -
Cabul Medal awarded to Sgt. Thomas Hughes, 1842
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page21.html8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.
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