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8 Aug 2021: The Lester Watson Collection: pieces 71-80. Click on any of the images below for a full-sized image and further description.

8 Aug 2021: The Lester Watson Collection: pieces 21-30. Click on any of the images below for a full-sized image and further description.

8 Aug 2021: The Lester Watson Collection: pieces 41-50. Click on any of the images below for a full-sized image and further description.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson (1889-1959). Nos 301-379. Ref. no.:. Medal:. Recipient & details:.

8 Aug 2021: before coming to rest with Lester Watson in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: The Lester Watson Collection: pieces 31-40. Click on any of the images below for a full-sized image and further description.

8 Aug 2021: His medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson acquired this piece at some point before 1928.

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 ... Lester Watson acquired it, probably with the other, at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal is unnamed, but belonged to 2nd Lieutenant John Mitchell of the Royal Air Force, with whoseLester Watson acquired it. ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them, from the London dealers Baldwin in 1928.

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. ... Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them from the London dealer Spink, in 1926.

8 Aug 2021: It is one ofthat are in the Lester Watson Collection. Although the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Mitchell's awards as its Group 7, the medals of that group are ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them, from the

8 Aug 2021: The medals are not attached to each other so although the Watson Collection catalogue considers them as Group 3 they have been treated separately here. ... Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them from the dealer Gifford, in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: It is one of four medals that were awarded to him that are now in the Watson Collection; the othersThe medals are not attached to each other so although the Watson ... Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them from the dealer

8 Aug 2021: It is one of three medals that were awarded to him that are now in the Watson Collection; the othersThe medals are not attached to each other so although the Watson ... Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them at some point before

8 Aug 2021: This is one of four medals that were awarded to Subadar Rana that are now in the Watson Collection;The medals are not attached to each other so although the Watson ... Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them from the dealer

8 Aug 2021: in support of British forces embroiled in the unsuccessful defence of White Russia, with whoseLester Watson acquired it. ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them, from the London dealers Baldwin in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: that served in South Russia in support of British forces embroiled in the unsuccessful defence of White Russia, with whoseLester Watson acquired it. ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them, from the London dealers Baldwin in

8 Aug 2021: It is one ofthat are in the Lester Watson Collection. Although the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Mitchell's awards as its Group 7, the medals of that group are ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them, from the

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 ... Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson bought them,

8 Aug 2021: that served in South Russia in support of British forces embroiled in the unsuccessful defence of White Russia, with whoseLester Watson acquired it. ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them, from the London dealers Baldwin in

8 Aug 2021: in support of British forces embroiled in the unsuccessful defence of White Russia, with whoseLester Watson acquired it. ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them, from the London dealers Baldwin in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: It is one of two medals that were awarded to him that are now in the Watson Collection; the other follows. ... Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them from the London dealer Spink, in 1926.

8 Aug 2021: It is one of three medals that were awarded to him that are now in the Watson Collection; the others precede and follow this one. ... The medals are not attached to each other so although the Watson Collection catalogue considers them as Group 5 they

8 Aug 2021: The country wouldand result in a more lasting British involvement reflected in the Watson Collection byAlmost the first action of Shujah's short second reign was to found the Order of ... Watson purchased them as a group from the London dealers Baldwin

8 Aug 2021: It is one of four medals that were awarded to him that are now in the Watson Collection;The medals are not attached to each other, so although the Watson Collection ... All the same, it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them from the dealer

8 Aug 2021: It is one of three of his medals that are now in the Watson Collection;follow. ... The medals are not attached to each other so although the Watson Collection catalogue considers them as Group 5 they have been treated separately here.

8 Aug 2021: It is not named, but it was awarded to Major-General Lawrence Fyler, late of the 12th Lancers, whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and shows a ... Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson bought them, from the London

8 Aug 2021: An ongoing amateur research project is currently collecting material of this kind, but the example in the Watson Collection unfortunately has no such back-history. ... All that can be said is that Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers

8 Aug 2021: It was awarded to Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence Fyler of the 12th Lancers, whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and shows a career spent in India andfor the ... This medal is attached to two others and the catalogue of the Watson

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: Bars were issued for his battle honours subsequent to this. This medal was awarded to Captain Lawrence Fyler of the 16th Lancers, whose medal group has come entire into the Watson ... This medal is attached to two others and the catalogue of the Watson

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Colonel Lawrence Fyler of the 12th Lancers, whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and shows a career spent in India andfor the ... This medal is attached to two others and the catalogue of the Watson

8 Aug 2021: It is part of what the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Group 6, but as it is not physically attached to the group it has been considered separately here. ... This medal was acquired with the rest of the group by Lester Watson at some point

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Captain Lawrence Fyler of the 16th Lancers, whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and shows a career spent in India andfor the ... This medal is attached to two others and the catalogue of the Watson

8 Aug 2021: verified. Brigadier Warren's medal group has come as one into the Watson Collection and the Catalogue considers them as Group 9, but as the pieces are not physically attached they ... areLester Watson purchased them as a group from the London dealers

8 Aug 2021: The Watson Collection also includes a later medal of his. ... Lester Watson acquired this one, probably with the other, at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: It was awarded to Michael McMahan of the 31st Regiment. It was given to Lester Watson in 1904 by his uncle Charles Pfaff, and was the first item in the Watson

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Major Lawrence Fyler of the 3rd Light Dragoons, whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and shows a career spent in India andfor ... This medal is attached to two others and the catalogue of the Watson

8 Aug 2021: Brigadier Warren's medal group has come as one into the Watson Collection and the Catalogue considers them as Group 9, but as the pieces are not physically attached they areLester ... Watson purchased them as a group from the London dealers Baldwin in

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Captain Lawrence Fyler of the 16th Lancers, whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and shows a career spent in India andfor the ... This medal is attached to two others and the catalogue of the Watson

8 Aug 2021: Once in the possession of Lester Watson, Rodriquez's Cross shared the fate of the rest of the collection; inherited by Mr L. ... Hoyt Watson and his siblings in 1959, it was gifted to Cambridge in America in 2005 and then placed on loan to the

8 Aug 2021: The Lester Watson Collection: pieces 61-70. Click on any of the images below for a full-sized image and further description.

8 Aug 2021: Brigadier Warren's medal group has come as one into the Watson Collection and the Catalogue considers them as Group 9, but as the pieces are not physically attached they areLester ... Watson purchased them as a group from the London dealers Baldwin in

8 Aug 2021: It is not impossible that the unnamed example of that piece in the Watson Collection also belonged to Harris. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal, which the Lester Watson catalogue incorrectly entitles a Mons Star (this nickname applying only to the 1914 award) was awarded to Sergeant Edward J. ... It forms part of what Lester Watson's catalogue lists as Group 2, and its provenance is

8 Aug 2021: Although it is not the medal in the Watson Collection, it is recorded that one Daniel MacKenzie was actually born aboard HMS Tremendous during the battle (his mother, the wife of ... Be that as it may, Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point

8 Aug 2021: The French flagship Hoche was captured in this battle and named Donegal; the Watson Collection includes one medal awarded to a member of her new British crew. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealer Baldwin in 1928; it had previously

8 Aug 2021: The British forces suffered only a few men wounded. Among those unhurt was a Midshipman Roger Keyes, serving aboard HMS Turquoise, with whom another Watson Collection recipient earned a medal in ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before

8 Aug 2021: The medal which displays this bar in the Watson Collection was awarded to Captain John Bostwick of the Norfolk Regiment of the Canadian Militia. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal in 1927.