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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: 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 ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

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: 1930, and in that of the so-called Red Shirt Rebellion, a fledgling independence movement occasioned by the limited successes of the Indian Independence movement to the south-east. ... It was one of the last pieces acquired by Lester Watson, purchased

8 Aug 2021: Precise dating of this example is difficult, beyond the fact that it is an issue of the reign of George V, and that it was in the Watson Collection by 1928. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before the making of his catalogue that year.

8 Aug 2021: The Distinguished Service Cross replaced the Conspicuous Service Cross of 1901 in 1914, and recognised gallant or distinguished conduct by officers of the Royal Navy against the enemy at sea. ... It was purchased by Lester Watson from the London dealers

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: Various British punitive expeditions were mounted in retaliation into what was by then independent Waziristan (which spent part of 2006 again partly independent , in defiance of Pakistani claims) over the years ... It was one of the last pieces acquired

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