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8 Aug 2021: As the individual histories make clear, these were the medals of Sergeant Edward J. ... Mott, of the 1st Battalion Border Regiment. Lester Watson purchased the group from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Some account of these services is given with the entries for each individual medal. ... The Lester Watson Collection includes his entire medal group, purchased as one by Lester Watson from the London dealers Seaby in 1929.

8 Aug 2021: This example of the Victory Medal is one of those issued by the Belgian government. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The Japanese issue of the medal, of which this is probably a French copy made for collectors in 1920, was different from all the others in that it did not feature ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Mitchell's award of the DFC was recorded in the London Gazette for 12 July 1920 and he was mentioned in Dispatches on 16 July. ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them, from the London dealers Baldwin in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: These medals were all in white metal, but subsequent years saw a number of presentation issues in other metals, and between 1860 and 1895 the London die-sinker W. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: From the mid-19th century onwards, this usually meant that such units were considered extra' battalions of regular regiments. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Seaby in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: The campaign they fought there was nearly as hard as that they had left, and conditions similarly difficult. ... Whoever it was must have been unfortunately impoverished, as Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927, less

8 Aug 2021: Distinguished Service Medal, awarded to Leading Seaman J. E. Knights during the Great War. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

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,