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8 Aug 2021: The recipient of this medal was Orderly F. Whittle of HMS Endymion (not to be confused with the earlier frigate of the name, some of whose crew'sthe Watson collection). ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Queen Victoria, by whose order the medal was issued and whose bust it therefore carried, was likewise not on the throne for the actions for which it was awarded. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal later than most of his collection, from the London

8 Aug 2021: The medal is unnamed, so we do not know who the recipient of this example was. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Gifford in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: 1848. The intentions of the medal committee are hard to divine, as the medal was struck carrying the dates 1793-1814' in the reverse, but the earliest campaign considered was that ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: 1850s led in 1854 to the design and issue of a General Service Medal for the theatre, for which bars would be issued as each new campaign merited. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: For this reason the medal is often called the Peninsular Medal' even though it also covered campaigns in Egypt and Java. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Third China War Medal, 1901 (Boxer Rebellion). The extent to which foreign powers appeared to be able to intervene in nineteenth-century China without effective opposition from the Imperial dynasty led ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some

8 Aug 2021: This example of the medal was awarded to Boy 1st Class W. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The medal which displays this bar in the Watson Collection was awarded to Captain John Bostwick of the Norfolk Regiment of the Canadian Militia. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: This medal bears a bar for participation in this unsuccessful campaign, and also for action during the long siege of Sevastopol. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928. The Museum gratefully acknowledges the help of Mr G.