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8 Aug 2021: This medal is engraved to Captain J. Ford, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, although his name is not on the Roll of those awarded the medal. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Alexander Dikson of the Merchant Navy, although it is not known on which ship he served. ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The medal was issued to Gunner F. H. Mather of the Royal Artillery, probably in the Royal Horse Artillery (although different batteries of this unit served in the two campaigns). ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin at

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 medal was awarded to John Cowen. The Medals Roll confirms the award of this piece to him, although it gives his name as Cohen. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: both were fought against Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, although his own allegiance had changed between the two. ... The presence of such a man in the force at this time has been verified, and the Medals Roll confirms the award of the piece to him, although it

8 Aug 2021: His presence aboard the vessels at these times is verified, and the Medals Roll confirms the award of the piece to him, although it gives his name as Davis'. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink in 1926.

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

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.