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8 Aug 2021: In 1898 however the area was mostly part of British Somaliland, the rest having been ceded to Ethiopia in 1897. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal is engraved to Trooper W. A. Leach of the Despatch Service. ... Lester Watson bought the medal from the London dealers Spink on 12 November 1924.

8 Aug 2021: The Company, given a royal charter in 1889, recruited its own forces and from 1890 onwards significant engagements resulted in the award of this medal to those troops. ... Its suspension is unusual. Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers

8 Aug 2021: Participation in this campaign earnt this clasp to the Indian General Service Medal. ... It was one of the last pieces acquired by Lester Watson, purchased from the London dealers Baldwin in 1936.

8 Aug 2021: He soon afterwards issued silver crooks to the officers of his ship, probably made from the silver of that same plate. ... Lester Watson purchased the badge from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.

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: 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 makes the medal impossible to distinguish from the Ashantee War Medal when worn. ... Her complement later earnt another medal which has ended up in the Watson Collection.) Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink at some point

8 Aug 2021: Accusations still fly from both sides of the historiography of this conflict, as with any episode in Indian history which can be viewed as a conflict between Hindu and Muslim. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: A series of shaky and short-lived accommodations with the various polities that made up the African kingdoms meant that the borders between the zones were never entirely free from conflict. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealers