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8 Aug 2021: Candahar, Ghuznee and Cabul Medal (First Anglo-Afghan War). The First Afghan War of 1839 had culminated in the British restoration of the Shah Shujah al-Mulk, a situation which caused ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin's in

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Sergeant-Major H. Kingshott, of the Waggon Train. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This silver issue of the medal was awarded to Indian troops from Bengal and Madras in 1832; officers received a gold version. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealer Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Awarded the medal for this campaign was Private J. Andrews of the 11th Light Dragoons, whose medal this is. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Provision was made to award the medal in future to officers of the Merchant Navy serving in transports, but when opportunity came in the form of the Great War of ... Collier, of whose service nothing more is known. Lester Watson purchased the medal from

8 Aug 2021: The bar to this medal was awarded for participation in the second campaign, and the medal was awarded to Private E. ... Oliver of the 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Sergeant Hagar Norwood of the 40th Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Participation in the 1891 campaign earnt this bar, which is here affixed to the medal of Private J. ... Roberts of the 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: Queen's South Africa Medal, 1902 (Second Boer War). During the 1830s and 1840s several Dutch republics had been established outside the British Cape Colony in South Africa, among which were ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: French troops who survived combat in the Dardanelles, in which French forces took nearly as many casualties as the Australians, were in 1926 awarded this medal. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Participation in the 1888 campaign earnt this bar, which is here affixed to the medal of Private A. ... Roberts of the 2nd Battalion, Sussex Regiment. Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The earliest issues of the medal indicate that the War was not expected to last as long as it did, as they bear the dates 1899-1900 in the reverse field. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal as it is at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The medal was awarded to Private G. Gooding of the 2nd West India Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealer Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Trooper J. S Hicks of the Alberta Mounted Rifles. ... rebels. Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: One recipient of the medal was Private R. Hamilton, of the 2nd Battalion, 60th Foot. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealer Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Provision was made to award the medal in future to officers of the Merchant Navy serving in transports, but when opportunity came in the form of the Great War of ... L. Jackson, of whose service nothing more is known. Lester Watson purchased the medal at

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private G. Palmer of the 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The portrait of Victoria on the medal's obverse was changed at the succession of King Edward VII, but otherwise the medal was unaltered until the Volunteer Force was disbanded in ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The third bar to his medal indicates that he was also involved in the fierce fighting involved in the following recapture of Kabul. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal bears the bar for participation in that battle, and for action during the long siege of Sevastopol. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928.