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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: The receipient of this medal must therefore have been awarded the Order's medal twice at some point between 1837 and 1912, when Indian troops were made eligible for the Victoria ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

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

8 Aug 2021: The Imperial advance continued in this unbalanced way, including a bitter close engagement at Driefontein on 10 March 1900, whose site has only recently been reinvestigated. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Indian 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 renewed ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928.

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

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

8 Aug 2021: Unfortunately through some mistake it was struck to a naval design, meaning that only some 300 were awarded before the issue was stopped. ... Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: In 1897 several parts of the Frontier rose in rebellion at once, all seeing an opportunity in a Pashtun rising which began the fighting. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Obverse, Sultan Abdlmecid's cipher in a disc at the low centre, with spears and leaves above a flanking six-pointed star and a crescent moon left and right. ... Lester Watson bought it from the dealer Lowe 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: Its suspension is unusual. Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Prince between 1918 & 1928. Obverse, a bust of King George V facing left. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal 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: 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: 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: P. McHugh, 1851. Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, Victory seated facing left before a palm and war spoils, holding a laurel branch and wreath. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Military Medal, 1916-1928 (Great War). The Military Medal was instituted in 1916 to reward acts of bravery by NCOs and men in the Army (and at that point the Royal ... Lester Watson acquired the medal 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: F. Bird, 1880. Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, a lion stooping to drink before a mimosa bush; in the exergue a Zulu shield on four crossed assegais. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Military General Service Medal, 1848 (Anglo-Dutch Java War). It had been unusual, before the reign of Queen Victoria, for medals to be issued recognising service in campaigns (except perhapsThis left, ... Lester Watson acquired the piece at some point

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: 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: 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 acquired this piece at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: which the topmost point is replaced by a crown. ... 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 ... The award of this bar to him has been verified. Lester Watson purchased the

8 Aug 2021: Imperial units spent a few days cutting it off from resupply before commencing a bombardment and a final assault on 12 June that drove the Boers out of the position in ... Lester Watson acquired this 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 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: Military General Service Medal, 1848 (American War of 1812'). It had been unusual, before the reign of Queen Victoria, for medals to be issued recognising service in campaigns (except perhapsThis left, ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before

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

8 Aug 2021: British interests in these zones however led to punitive expeditions being sent against the Chin and the Lushai peoples at the end of 1889, for which this bar was awarded. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: two simultaneous ones against besiegers at Kohima and the Naga stronghold of Konoma, both conflicts being sparked by the murder of British representatives in Naga territories. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Adler, of the 2nd Battalion, Derby Regiment. Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

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: Yandaboo that had ended the First Anglo-Burmese War flared into open conflict, despite Burmese efforts at conciliation. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: He held Syria for six years before the Turkish Porte could face him again, and their immediate defeat led to intervention on the part of the Austrian Empire and Great Britain. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Be that as it may, Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: In 1897 several parts of the Frontier rose in rebellion at once, all seeing an opportunity in a Pashtun rising which began the fighting. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Mr Boulton's Trafalgar Medal (bronze), 1805. After Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar in 1805 the prominent Birmingham industrialist Matthew Boulton distributed about 15,000 Trafalgar Medals at his own expense ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point

8 Aug 2021: This medal bears the clasp for participation in the battle of Peiwar Kotal, one of the two actions which led to Shere Ali fleeing Kabul before the British. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: It is part of what the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Group 6, but as it is not physically attached to the group it has been considered separately here. ... This medal was acquired with the rest of the group by Lester Watson at some point

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

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

8 Aug 2021: He was dead before it could be issued, but Queen Victoria and the East India Company allowed it to be awarded through the usual channels anyway. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: To earn it a sailor had to have twenty years' service to his credit, although some had amassed rather more by the time of their discharge. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: J. Andrews, 1851. Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, Victory seated facing left before a palm and war spoils, holding a laurel branch and wreath. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928.

8 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

8 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.