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8 Aug 2021: Almost the sole exception was the final defeat of the returned Emperor Napoleon I at Waterloo, on 18 June 1815 by the combined forces of Britain, Russia and Prussia. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928. It had previously been

8 Aug 2021: In 1897 Germany, Russia, Britain and France seized four Chinese ports on various pretexts and this, with more local situations providing flashpoints, sparked off a military uprising by a resistance group ... His medal was purchased by Lester Watson at

8 Aug 2021: Tianjin to Beijing and the latter city's occupation (and pillage) by the coalition forces, events which effectively ended the war. ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson 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: China rejected this demand, and resentment on the ground eventually came to a boil with the seizure by Chinese authorities of a Hong Kong steamer, the Arrow, which the British claimed ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson from the London dealers

8 Aug 2021: China rejected this demand, and resentment on the ground eventually came to a boil with the seizure by Chinese authorities of a Hong Kong steamer, the Arrow, which the British claimed ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: China rejected this demand, and resentment on the ground eventually came to a boil with the seizure by Chinese authorities of a Hong Kong steamer, the Arrow, which the British claimed ... His medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: China rejected this demand, and resentment on the ground eventually came to a boil with the seizure by Chinese authorities of a Hong Kong steamer, the Arrow, which the British claimed ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: China rejected this demand, and resentment on the ground eventually came to a boil with the seizure by Chinese authorities of a Hong Kong steamer, the Arrow, which the British claimed ... His medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

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. ... They had come by it from an auction at Glendinings in September 1935.