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8 Aug 2021: When a shortfall was discovered the opportunity was taken to redesign the medal for the second issue. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal 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 medal was awarded to Lieutenant A. J. D. Peebles, RAF, and its award is noted in the London Gazette for the 3rd June 1919. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealer Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This makes the medal impossible to distinguish from the Ashantee War Medal when worn. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Burma War Medal, awarded to an Indian officer, 1832. Obverse, the elephant of Ava at right bowing before the British lion at left, who stands before a Union Jack flagstaff. ... This one is unnamed, so the recipient cannot be identified. Lester Watson

8 Aug 2021: The medal was awarded to Private Sule of the Northern Nigerian Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Gunner T. Blakeley of the Royal Marine Artillery, serving aboard HMS St George. ... Her complement later earnt another medal which has ended up in the Watson Collection.) Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers

8 Aug 2021: Precise dating of this medal is difficult, beyond the fact that it is an issue of Victoria's reign, but as the recipient, Corporal W. ... It was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928, and had previously been part of the Payne Collection.

8 Aug 2021: 1900, were considered to merit this medal, which in terms of design is a continuation of the Ashantee War Medal. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

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: 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: Even before the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin in 1897, British forces were occasionally committed against the more independently-minded chiefs of the territory. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink at some point before

8 Aug 2021: Not all the conflicts for which the New Zealand Medal was awarded were of this kind, however, some rather being wars between Maori tribes in which one side had managed to ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928

8 Aug 2021: Central Africa Medal, 1895. Peace-keeping operations in the British possessions in Central Africa, as anywhere else, required a large number of small campaigns, several of which, from 1894-1898 and ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Sergeant J. Dunkley, of the 1st Battalion, 1st West India Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: the voyageurs to participate in the capture of the Mahdist outpost at Kirbekan that earnt him the second bar to his medal. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928. The Museum is grateful to Mr G.

8 Aug 2021: The state was soon after annexed to British India. This medal was awarded to Private F. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: well as some Chinese) to relieve the foreign population of Beijing and finally suppress the rebellion. ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private T. Moore of the Royal Warwick Regiment, and he fought at all three of Johannesburg, Diamond Hill and Bergendal, but his medal also bears two ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The United States was alone among the issuing nations in issuing campaign and battle clasps along with the medal, 47 different ones being authorised to cover all the theatres in which ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin

8 Aug 2021: The Company, given a royal charter in 1889, recruited its own forces and from 1890 onwards significant engagements resulted in the award of this medal to those troops. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private J. Kelly of the 1st Battalion, 1st West India Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The receipient of this medal must therefore have been awarded the Order's medal twice at some point between 1837 and 1912, when Indian troops were made eligible for the Victoria ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The work they did in maintaining order and assisting the medical effort was acknowledged by the Governor of the colony with this medal. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: indicates that this medal was awarded, to Sergeant Frederick Carthy of the Royal New Zealand Artillery. ... Lester Watson purchased his 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 at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The recipient of this medal, Stoker H. Devlin, served aboard HMS Fame, which due to the eagerness of its captain, Roger Keyes (at death Admiral of the Fleet and 1st Baron ... His 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 at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This makes the medal impossible to distinguish from the Ashantee War Medal when worn. ... Her complement later earnt another medal which has ended up in the Watson Collection.) Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink at some point

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private F. Bird of the 80th Foot, which unit joined the campaign against Sekukuni once the Galekas and Gaikis were temporarily pacified. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealers Spink at some point before

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.

8 Aug 2021: It was likely for participation in this operation that this medal was awarded, to Sapper Dasappa of the Madras Sappers and Miners. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: by the issue of the Military General Service Medal, those serving in the Navy at the time were recognised with the Naval General Service Medal. ... The award of this bar to him has been verified. Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928

8 Aug 2021: The recipient of this medal, Private William Smith of the 31st Regiment, was involved in the 1858 capture of the Taku Forts which permitted the advance to Tientsin. ... His medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Reverse, a collection of war trophies. Coorg Medal, issued by the British East India Co., 1837. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Major Gordon, writing of the medal, observed: "This bar was very well earned as the country that these expeditions had to go through consisted of trackless jungle.". ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Reverse, Britannia at left with a trident standing facing right and gesturing to sky before a British lion. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Joshua Sheppard, Ship's Boy in the 5th-rate frigate HMS Fox. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Military General Service Medal, 1848 (American War of 1812'). It had been unusual, before the reign of Queen Victoria, for medals to be issued recognising service in campaigns (except perhapsThis left, ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before

8 Aug 2021: time. This medal was awarded to Sapper Munisami of the Queen's Own Madras Sappers & Miners, who was wounded by gunshot in the defence of Malakand. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928.

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 the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This example of the medal and bar for that campaign was awarded to Able-Bodied Seaman W. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Waterloo Medal, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars). Most of the battles of the Napoleonic Wars, except those fought by Admiral Horatio Nelson, were not commemorated with the issue of medals at the time ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The bars on this medal indicate that its recipient, Private John Hepburn of the 99th Foot, fought at the 1857 capture of Guangzhou and the 1860 capture of the Taku Forts. ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: the issue of the Military General Service Medal, those serving in the Navy at the time were recognised with the Naval General Service Medal. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: until 1900, were considered to merit this medal, which in terms of design is a continuation of the Ashantee War Medal. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point from the London dealer Spink before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Military General Service Medal, 1848 (Peninsular War). It had been unusual, before the reign of Queen Victoria, for medals to be issued recognising service in campaigns (except perhapsThis left, for example, ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some

8 Aug 2021: This medal is unnamed, and the recipient cannot be identified, but the bar for the battle at Foshan tells us that he was a sailor or a marine. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The recipient of this medal was one of those involved in the 1857 capture of Guangzhou. ... The medal is unnamed, and the recipient cannot be identified. Lester Watson purchased the piece at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: by the issue of the Miltary General Service Medal, those serving in the Navy at the time were recognised with the Naval General Service Medal. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.