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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: 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.

8 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.