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8 Aug 2021: British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals. from the Collection of Lester Watson (1889-1959). ... THE COLLECTION CATALOGUE. The Watson collection contains 411 individual items, 379 in the main catalogue and a few pieces separately numbered, as well

This exhibition explores the depiction of war in medallic art. Official gallantry and campaign medals from the Lester Watson collection are juxtaposed with commemorative medals and other material.

8 Aug 2021: The Lester Watson Collection: Gallery. The pages linked below display the entirety of the Lester Watson Collection, arranged alphabetically as in his own 1928 catalogue. ... Also below are links to pages on some of the groups of medals in the Collection;

before coming to rest with Lester Watson in 1927. ... It, with the rest of his collection of military medals, came to the Fitzwilliam Museum in 2006, where it was catalogued and put online.

8 Aug 2021: The Lester Watson Collection: pieces 351-360. Click on any of the images below for a full-sized image and further description.

8 Aug 2021: The Lester Watson Collection: pieces 261-270. Click on any of the images below for a full-sized image and further description.

8 Aug 2021: The Lester Watson Collection: pieces 71-80. Click on any of the images below for a full-sized image and further description.

8 Aug 2021: The Lester Watson Collection: pieces 251-260. Click on any of the images below for a full-sized image and further description.

8 Aug 2021: The Lester Watson Collection: pieces 241-250. Click on any of the images below for a full-sized image and further description.

8 Aug 2021: The Lester Watson Collection: pieces 21-30. Click on any of the images below for a full-sized image and further description.

8 Aug 2021: The Lester Watson Collection: pieces 41-50. Click on any of the images below for a full-sized image and further description.

8 Aug 2021: British and other Campaign. and Gallantry Medals. from the Collection of. ... Lester Watson (1889-1959). Nos 301-379. Ref. no.:. Medal:. Recipient & details:.

8 Aug 2021: The Lester Watson Collection: pieces 31-40. Click on any of the images below for a full-sized image and further description.

8 Aug 2021: The Lester Watson Collection: pieces 61-70. Click on any of the images below for a full-sized image and further description.

8 Aug 2021: King's South Africa Medal, 1902 (Second Boer War). The Boer War was, as several of thein the Watson Collection demonstrate, not expected in Britain to last as long as it ... H. Middleton; it has been renamed, which probably explains the lack of recorded

8 Aug 2021: It was awarded to Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence Fyler of the 12th Lancers, whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and shows a career spent in India andfor the ... This medal is attached to two others and the catalogue of the Watson

8 Aug 2021: This is one of two medals that were awarded to him that are now in the Watson Collection; the other precedes this. ... The medals are not attached to each other so although the Watson Collection catalogue considers them as Group 4 they have been treated

8 Aug 2021: Collection and shows a career spent in India andfor the Crown from the 1830s to the 1850s. ... This medal is attached to two others and the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers it as part ofthis comprising two assemblages and twoFor provenance of

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Colonel Lawrence Fyler of the 12th Lancers, whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and shows a career spent in India andfor the ... This medal is attached to two others and the catalogue of the Watson

8 Aug 2021: It is one ofthat are in the Lester Watson Collection. Although the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Mitchell's awards as its Group 7, the medals of that group are ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them, from the

8 Aug 2021: It is one of four medals that were awarded to him that are now in the Watson Collection; the othersThe medals are not attached to each other so although the Watson ... Collection catalogue considers them as Group 3 they have been treated separately here.

8 Aug 2021: It is one of four medals that were awarded to him that are now in the Watson Collection, including the Order of Merit; the others precede and follow. ... The medals are not attached to each other so although the Watson Collection catalogue considers them

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Captain Lawrence Fyler of the 16th Lancers, whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and shows a career spent in India andfor the ... This medal is attached to two others and the catalogue of the Watson

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Major Lawrence Fyler of the 3rd Light Dragoons, whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and shows a career spent in India andfor ... This medal is attached to two others and the catalogue of the Watson

8 Aug 2021: It is one of three medals that were awarded to him that are now in the Watson Collection; the othersThe medals are not attached to each other so although the Watson ... Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them at some point before

8 Aug 2021: This is one of four medals that were awarded to Subadar Rana that are now in the Watson Collection;The medals are not attached to each other so although the Watson ... Collection catalogue considers them as Group 3 they have been treated separately here.

8 Aug 2021: It is one ofthat are in the Lester Watson Collection. Although the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Mitchell's awards as its Group 7, the medals of that group are ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them, from the

8 Aug 2021: This Badge was awarded to Colonel Lawrence Fyler of the 12th Lancers, whose service in the Crimea earned himmedals and whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and ... Fyler's medals are not, for the most part, physically attached to

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Captain Lawrence Fyler of the 16th Lancers, whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and shows a career spent in India andfor the ... This medal is attached to two others and the catalogue of the Watson

8 Aug 2021: It is one of two medals that were awarded to him that are now in the Watson Collection; the other follows. ... The medals are not attached to each other so although the Watson Collection catalogue considers them as Group 4 they have been treated

8 Aug 2021: It is one of three medals that were awarded to him that are now in the Watson Collection; the others precede and follow this one. ... The medals are not attached to each other so although the Watson Collection catalogue considers them as Group 5 they

8 Aug 2021: It is one of four medals that were awarded to him that are now in the Watson Collection;The medals are not attached to each other, so although the Watson Collection ... All the same, it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them from the dealer

8 Aug 2021: The country wouldand result in a more lasting British involvement reflected in the Watson Collection byAlmost the first action of Shujah's short second reign was to found the Order of ... Brigadier Warren's medal group has come as one into the Watson

8 Aug 2021: It is one of three of his medals that are now in the Watson Collection;follow. ... The medals are not attached to each other so although the Watson Collection catalogue considers them as Group 5 they have been treated separately here.

8 Aug 2021: It is not named, but it was awarded to Major-General Lawrence Fyler, late of the 12th Lancers, whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and shows a ... Fyler's medals are not all physically attached to each other, although the

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 Captain T. M. Monk. It is part of what the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Group 6, but as it is not physically attached to ... This medal was acquired with the rest of the group by Lester Watson at some point

8 Aug 2021: Although the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers this medal part of its Group 7, the medals of that group are not physically attached and so have been treated separately here. ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them,

8 Aug 2021: It was awarded to Michael McMahan of the 31st Regiment. It was given to Lester Watson in 1904 by his uncle Charles Pfaff, and was the first item in the Watson

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: verified. Brigadier Warren's medal group has come as one into the Watson Collection and the Catalogue considers them as Group 9, but as the pieces are not physically attached they ... areLester Watson purchased them as a group from the London dealers

8 Aug 2021: The Watson Collection also includes a later medal of his. ... Lester Watson acquired this one, probably with the other, at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Captain T. M. Monk, and is part of what the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Group 6.

8 Aug 2021: Brigadier Warren's medal group has come as one into the Watson Collection and the Catalogue considers them as Group 9, but as the pieces are not physically attached they areLester ... Watson purchased them as a group from the London dealers Baldwin in

8 Aug 2021: in support of British forces embroiled in the unsuccessful defence of White Russia, with whoseLester Watson acquired it. ... Although the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Mitchell's awards as its Group 7, the medals of that group are not

8 Aug 2021: Although the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Mitchell's awards as its Group 7, the medals of that group are not physically attached and so have been treated separately here. ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them,

8 Aug 2021: Although the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Mitchell's awards as its Group 7, the medals of that group are not physically attached and so have been treated separately here. ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them,

8 Aug 2021: in support of British forces embroiled in the unsuccessful defence of White Russia, with whoseLester Watson acquired it. ... Although the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Mitchell's awards as its Group 7, the medals of that group are not

8 Aug 2021: Brigadier Warren's medal group has come as one into the Watson Collection and the Catalogue considers them as Group 9, but as the pieces are not physically attached they areLester ... Watson purchased them as a group from the London dealers Baldwin in

8 Aug 2021: The Lester Watson Collection: pieces 51-60. Click on any of the images below for a full-sized image and further description.