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8 Aug 2021: It was awarded to Private Chamula of the 1st King's African Rifles. ... Lester Watson purchased it in the auction of the Hamilton Smith Collection, of which it had formed part, in 1927 (Glendining, 20-21 July 1927, lot 955).

8 Aug 2021: It was awarded to Corporal Abdulla Mongo of the 4th Battalion, King's African Rifles. ... Lester Watson purchased it in the auction of the Hamilton Smith Collection, of which it had formed part, in 1927 (Glendining, 20-21 July 1927, lot 956).

8 Aug 2021: The campaign for which this medal was awarded was a native police operation that quelled a small rising in the Shire Highlands of Nyasaland (now part of Malawi). ... Lester Watson purchased it in the auction of the Hamilton Smith Collection, of which it

8 Aug 2021: The medal was awarded to Gunner Momo Katango of the South Nigeria Regiment; its award has been verified. ... Lester Watson purchased it in the auction of the Hamilton Smith Collection, of which it had formed part, in 1927 (Glendining, 20-21 July 1927,

8 Aug 2021: and the united spirit of the Alliance were commemorated in a combined issue of medals to those who had seen active service during the conflict. ... This medal was awarded to Captain T. M. Monk, and is part of what the catalogue of the Watson Collection

8 Aug 2021: It is one of three of his medals that are now in the Watson Collection;follow. ... Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them at some point before 1928; they had all previously formed part of the Payne Collection.

8 Aug 2021: This Badge was awarded to Colonel Lawrence Fyler of the 12th Lancers, whose service in the Crimea earned himmedals and whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and ... Fyler's medals are not, for the most part, physically attached to

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Captain T. M. Monk. It is part of what the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Group 6, but as it is not physically attached to ... This medal was acquired with the rest of the group by Lester Watson at some point

8 Aug 2021: Cape of Good Hope General Service Medal, 1900. The British colony on the Cape of Good Hope, now part of South Africa, was run by an independent administration with its own ... Lester Watson bought it in the auction of the Hamilton Smith Collection, of

8 Aug 2021: Reverse, the royal monogram of King George V at centre with inscription below and border. ... M. Monk, whose medals are part of what the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Group 6.