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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 ... Fyler's medals are not all physically attached to each other, although the

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: 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