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8 Aug 2021: at the request of King Theodore, but imprisoned on their arrival along with other British representatives. ... Simpkin was presumably part of this effort, and Lester Watson purchased the medal awarded for 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: For the lesser ones of these the North West Frontier bar was awarded in 1869, although some expeditions were thought to merit individual bars. ... Savage of the 2nd Border Regiment, whose medal this is. Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealer Spink at some point before 1928. ... It had previously been sold at the London dealers Glendinings on 25 September 1919, and was before that in the Lucas collection.

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: 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 this medal at some point before 1928; it had

8 Aug 2021: Indian Mutiny Medal, 1858. The Indian Mutiny of 1857, now regarded in some quarters of India as the First Indian War of Independence, has a history far too complex to be ... Lester Watson purchased it 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 his medal from the London dealers Spink at some

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 ... Cartwright was nonetheless entitled to the medal, and Lester Watson

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: 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 this medal at some point before 1928; it had

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 from the London dealers Baldwin at some

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 from the dealer Gifford at some point

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 this medal at some point before 1928; it had

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 ... Be this as it may, Lester Watson purchased this medal from the dealer

8 Aug 2021: Indian Mutiny Medal, 1858. The Indian Mutiny of 1857, now regarded in some quarters of India as the First Indian War of Independence, has a history far too complex to be ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Also, it was at some point mounted as a brooch (the marks are visible at each side) and then removed, which would help disguise other alterations. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928; before that it had been

8 Aug 2021: He was dead before it could be issued, but Queen Victoria and the East India Company allowed it to be awarded through the usual channels anyway. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: British forces were therefore sent to capture the legendarily-impregnable city, which they did at length by mining in January 1826. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: British. It was awarded to Private P. Lackey of the 8th Brigade, 1st Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The medal was issued unnamed, and it is not known to whom this example was awarded. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Queen's Sudan Medal, 1899. The political disintegration of the Ottoman Egyptian state during the 1880s, as it came under heavy British and French influence, permitted a rebellion in the name ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

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: F." for Republique Fran蓷ise at the right. M嶮aille Comm幦orative des Dardanelles, 1926 (Great War). ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Despite a bloody suppression of the revolt there, it was decided by the East India Company (in the light of the murder of the Shah meanwhile) that it was no longer ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: It was reportedly designed by Princess Henry of Battenburg, Queen Victoria's youngest daughter Beatrice, whose husband Prince Henry of Battenburg died of illness contracted on this campaign. ... It is unnamed, and the recipient therefore unknown. Lester

8 Aug 2021: As a result it is not known to whom this medal was issued. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: It is therefore likely that at some point in its history this medal has been retooled with the rare Defence of Kimberley clasp to increase its sale value. ... Lester Watson purchased it anyway at some point before 1928. The Museum must gratefully

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

8 Aug 2021: The third medal bears no inscription at all. The group is joined by stitching at the top of the ribbons. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Forces were immediately sent to Kabul, and on the way defeated an Afghan force at Charasia, at which Lance Corporal Fitzgerald was also present as his bar for the action testifies. ... 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: The medal was issued unnamed, and it is not known to whom this example was awarded. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Despite a bloody suppression of the revolt here, it was decided by the East India Company (in the light of the murder of the Shah meanwhile) that it was no longer ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal is unnamed, presumably because, being an imitation, it was not actually awarded. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: South Africa General Service Medal, 1880. The history of the British presence in South Africa is inextricably bound up with that of the Basuto and Zulu tribes whom it displaced. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

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: 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: 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. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Possibly therefore this medal was at some point in its history retooled with the bar bearing the famous name of Mafeking to increase its value, although in fact Farrell's original ... Lester Watson purchased the medal as it is at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This example is the issue made by the French Republic. The medal remains unnamed as issued, and therefore it cannot be known to whom it was awarded. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The medal remains unnamed as issued, and therefore it cannot be known to whom it was awarded. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: defeat of the Maratha states in the Third Anglo-Maratha War in 1818 it was forced to recognise British suzerainty. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The medal remains unnamed as issued, and therefore it cannot be known to whom it was awarded. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.