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8 Aug 2021: It is one of four medals that were awarded to him that are now in the Watson Collection, including the Order of Merit; the others precede and follow. ... The medals are not attached to each other so although the Watson Collection catalogue considers them

8 Aug 2021: Although the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Mitchell's awards as its Group 7, the medals of that group are not physically attached and so have been treated separately here. ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them,

8 Aug 2021: On 1 June the wind finally favoured the British and Admiral Lord Howe fell upon the French fleet and savaged it, for although 8 British ships were seriously damaged none were ... Although it is not the medal in the Watson Collection, it is recorded that

8 Aug 2021: This is one of two medals that were awarded to him that are now in the Watson Collection; the other precedes this. ... The medals are not attached to each other so although the Watson Collection catalogue considers them as Group 4 they have been treated

8 Aug 2021: Reverse, the inscription inside a blue enamel circle with a laurel wreath around. ... Although this medal is part of the Watson Collection, Lester Watson's own lists give no provenance for it.

8 Aug 2021: politics without the ignominy of defeat that it had endured under Napoleon I. ... Although this medal is part of the Watson Collection, Lester Watson's own lists give no provenance for it.

8 Aug 2021: The medal is distinguished by the elaborate design of the suspension ribbon, which shows an eagle fighting a snake. ... Although the medal is part of the Watson Collection, Lester Watson's own lists give no provenance for it.

8 Aug 2021: The reverse bears the names of the major French successes against the Austrians. ... Although this medal is part of the Watson Collection, Lester Watson's own lists give no provenance for it.

8 Aug 2021: King's South Africa Medal, 1902 (Second Boer War). The Boer War was, as several of thein the Watson Collection demonstrate, not expected in Britain to last as long as it ... H. Middleton; it has been renamed, which probably explains the lack of recorded

8 Aug 2021: In the negotiations that ended the Crimean War Kars was transferred to Russia, although it would be recovered for good in 1918. ... Although this medal has become part of the Watson Collection, moreover, it is not in Lester Watson's own lists and there