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

8 Aug 2021: J. Harvey, 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 it 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 ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at

8 Aug 2021: The medal was awarded, as this suggests, to Company Sepoys (Indian troops); European combatants had to wait until corresponding bars were awarded to the Military and Naval General Service Medals some ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point

8 Aug 2021: Distinguished Service Medal, 1914-1918. The Distinguished Service Medal was instituted in 1914 at the same time as the Distinguished Service Cross; like that award it recognised conspicuous gallantry at sea ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the

8 Aug 2021: Military General Service Medal, 1848 (French Revolutionary War). It had been unusual, before the reign of Queen Victoria, for medals to be issued recognising service in campaigns (except perhapsThis left, for ... Sutton of the 24th Foot. Lester Watson

8 Aug 2021: H. in the exergue. Reverse, an oval shield bearing three stars and crescents, before an array of crossed rifles, cannons and standards. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Afghan interference in this conflict led the British to negotiate the emplacement of a garrison at Chitral in 1895 to safeguard their position. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The British forces in Afghanistan were for a short while confined to those at the fort of Khelat-i-Ghilzai and the garrison of Jalalabad, which withstood siege until it could ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Reverse, a cannon and mortar left and right before four standards of Crimean Allies, Italian flag to the front. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Reverse, a figure of Neptune, nude, facing right and holding five thunderbolts in each hand, before the bows of a trireme and three horses' heads. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The receipient of this medal must therefore have been awarded the Order's medal at some point between 1837 and 1912, when Indian troops were made eligible for the Victoria Cross ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Reverse, merchant ships at sea circling a sinking submarine. Mercantile Marine War Medal, 1919. ... 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 the medal at some point before 1928

8 Aug 2021: Khelat-i-Ghilzai withstood an even longer siege than Jalalabad, holding out for four months before its eventual relief in the campaign that restored British control in the area. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: 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: 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 purchased the medal at some point before

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased his medal 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. ... He received a gratuity of 5 pounds from the Queen. Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928.