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8 Aug 2021: Mr Boulton's Trafalgar Medal (gold), 1860-95. After Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar in 1805 the prominent Birmingham industrialist Matthew Boulton distributed about 15,000 Trafalgar Medals at his own ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before

8 Aug 2021: An ongoing amateur research project is currently collecting material of this kind, but the example in the Watson Collection unfortunately has no such back-history. ... All that can be said is that Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to all members of the British Armed Forces who had fought in the War; some five million were issued. ... This medal was acquired with the rest of the group by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: H. Kingshott, 1833. Obverse, a collection of war trophies with a royal shield at the centre. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to all members of the British Armed Forces who had fought in the War; some five million were issued. ... Lester Watson bought 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 ... None surrendered. Lester Watson

8 Aug 2021: Obverse, the elephant of Ava at right bowing before the British lion at left, who stands before a Union Jack flagstaff. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealer Spink at some point before 1928.

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

8 Aug 2021: The medal was made in small numbers in India but the bulk of the issue was done at the Soho mint in Birmingham, and this gold example came from there. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealer Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 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.

8 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.

8 Aug 2021: M. McGrath, 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 acquired it at some point before 1928.

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

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

8 Aug 2021: Sergeant Jones's story makes an odd comparison with that of the other wing-walking medal-winner whose awards have come into the Watson Collection. ... Jones's medal was acquired by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Because of the number of men available to the Afridis and the stretched demands on British forces it was some time before a response could be coordinated, but towards the end ... D. Patch of the 9th Mountain Battery, Royal Artillery. Lester Watson

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: 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.

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