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8 Aug 2021: From 1910 the medal bore a portrait of King George V by Richard Garbe, and it is one of this issue that belongs to the Watson Collection. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Meritorious Service Medal (East India Co.), 1848-1873. With the introduction in 1845 of the Meritorious Service Medal for home troops of the Empire, it was not long before the Honourable ... This medal is unnamed, and its recipient cannot be determined.

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: from a neighbouring tribe now under British protection; simultaneous campaigns against a henchman of the Gambian chieftain Fodi Kabba at Toniataba, against the Jebu tribe in modern Nigeria, and in Tambi ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Military General Service Medal, 1848 (American War of 1812'). It had been unusual, before the reign of Queen Victoria, for medals to be issued recognising service in campaigns (except perhapsThis left, ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before

8 Aug 2021: well as some Chinese) to relieve the foreign population of Beijing and finally suppress the rebellion. ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Obverse, Liberty with sword and shield standing atop a disc. Reverse, the arms of the USA done as a totem pole with a double-headed axe at the top. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.