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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 silver example came from there. ... Lester Watson purchased this example from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

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

8 Aug 2021: Charles Lenden, 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 acquired the piece at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Matters began to escalate in 1872, when the port of Elmina, which had been the first European settlement in West Africa and was the Confederacy's principal trading point with the ... Kumase. Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

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: Instead the campaign's identity was engraved at the top of the rim. ... 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, 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: 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: P. McGeehan, 1917 & 1919. Obverse, crossed swords with inscriptions on scrolls, under a wreath with the royal monogram at bottom and over a four-pointed star of which the topmost point ... Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The phrase New Zealand Wars covers a variety of affrays, whose common factors were relatively few beyond that all, at some level, involved government forces suppressing risings by the indigenous Maori ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer

8 Aug 2021: Such an award was however unprecedented at the time. Soldiers present at these battles were also credited with two years' extra service to count for all purposes. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928. It had previously been

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: 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: due to the lead time involved in establishing the new government, and in the interim some Czech soldiers were awarded the Belgian version of the medal. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin 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: In January 1895 the Royal Niger Company's station at Akassa was attacked and more than forty people killed. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point from the London dealer Spink before 1928.

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: 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: An initial treaty was settled between France, Russia, the USA and Britain at Tientsin in 1858, but the Chinese, upon whom it was imposed without agreement, ignored its terms leading to ... This medal is unnamed, and the recipient cannot be identified.

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: 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: 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: An initial treaty was settled between France, Russia, the USA and Britain at Tientsin in 1858. ... His medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: In some cases, like this one, it was awarded for participation in both. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Hawkes's luck did not last; he was killed in action at Fyzabad, India on 14 August 1858. ... Lester Watson purchased his Cross at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The phrase New Zealand Wars covers a variety of affrays, whose common factors were relatively few beyond that all, at some level, involved government forces suppressing risings by the indigenous Maori ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer

8 Aug 2021: An initial treaty was settled between France, Russia, the USA and Britain at Tientsin in 1858. ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

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

8 Aug 2021: it was conducting before joining with the French fleet, a conjuncture which would ineluctably be followed by an attempt on Britain by Napoleon. ... Nonetheless, Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased it 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 ... His service aboard has been verified. Lester Watson purchased the medal from

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

8 Aug 2021: After some international indecision this was suppressed by British arms, the final blow being delivered at the Battle of Tel-al-Kebir, where a British force of 17,000 men under ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The pursuit of the French forces continued on into France itself, with further battles at Nivelle and Nives before Napoleon I abdicated. ... Lester Watson purchased his somewhat overloaded MGSM 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 ... Despite this Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The following running fight took the two ships nearly as far as the Caribbean before President managed to damage Endymion's sails enough to escape. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928; it had previously formed part of the

8 Aug 2021: This medal is unnamed, and the recipient cannot be identified, but the bar for the battle at Foshan tells us that he was a sailor or a marine. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: An initial treaty was settled between France, Russia, the USA and Britain at Tientsin in 1858, but the Chinese signatory's authority was disputable, and when China refused to honour the ... The medal is unnamed, and the recipient cannot be identified.

8 Aug 2021: Not only did these ex-slaves revolt at least once, but as the number of quasi-repatriated settlers in the country grew, the indigenous peoples of the area rose up several ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: O'Neil subsequently attempted the same thing again with equal lack of success twice in 1870, on the latter occasion being arrested before even leaving the USA. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

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

8 Aug 2021: some years, under Sir Arthur Wellesley, the later Duke of Wellington (who is seen on the reverse of the MGSM). ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealer Spink 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 ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: P. Reddington, 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. ... Reddington however survived to avenge his comrades. Lester Watson acquired his

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 ... Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealers Spink at some

8 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.