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8 Aug 2021: From 1910 the medal bore a portrait of King George V by Richard Garbe, and it is one of this issue that belongs to the Watson Collection. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Although this medal has become part of the Watson Collection, moreover, it is not in Lester Watson's own lists and there is no information about how he may have acquired

8 Aug 2021: Although the medal is part of the Watson Collection, Lester Watson's own lists give no provenance for it.

8 Aug 2021: Although this medal is part of the Watson Collection, Lester Watson's own lists give no provenance for it.

8 Aug 2021: It was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928, and had previously been part of the Payne Collection.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased it in the auction of the Hamilton Smith Collection, of which it had formed part, in 1927 (Glendining, 20-21 July 1927, lot 956).

8 Aug 2021: Precise dating of this example is difficult, beyond the fact that it is an issue of the reign of George V, and that it was in the Watson Collection by 1928. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before the making of his catalogue that year.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased it in the auction of the Hamilton Smith Collection, of which it had formed part, in 1927 (Glendining, 20-21 July 1927, lot 955).

8 Aug 2021: This was one of the last pieces acquired for the Watson Collection: Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin in 1936.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased it in the auction of the Hamilton Smith Collection, of which it had formed part, in 1927 (Glendining, 20-21 July 1927, lot 945).

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased his medal in the auction of the Hamilton-Smith collection, of which it may have previously formed part, in 1927 (Glendining, 21-22 Nov 1927, lot 1293).

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

8 Aug 2021: The Lester Watson Collection: pieces 81-90. Click on any of the images below for a full-sized image and further description.

8 Aug 2021: The Watson Medal Collection, Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge. The Museum must thank Gail Lesuma and Pamela Marshall for their readiness to share their material, and the Alexander Turnbull Library, the National Archive ... of New Zealand, and Puke Ariki for

8 Aug 2021: Devlin, 1901. Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, a collection of war trophies including a royal shield below palm tree. ... His medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson acquired this piece at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: A Victoria Cross awarded to Sgt Edward Mott, 1917, and Rodriquez's New Zealand Cross, both now in the Watson Collection, compared; images copyright the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

8 Aug 2021: The Lester Watson Collection: pieces 341-350. Click on any of the images below for a full-sized image and further description.

8 Aug 2021: The Lester Watson Collection: pieces 171-180. Click on any of the images below for a full-sized image and further description.

8 Aug 2021: The Lester Watson Collection: pieces 221-230. Click on any of the images below for a full-sized image and further description.