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8 Aug 2021: British forces were therefore sent to capture the legendarily-impregnable city, which they did at length by mining in January 1826. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: British. It was awarded to Private P. Lackey of the 8th Brigade, 1st Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The medal was issued unnamed, and it is not known to whom this example was awarded. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Queen's Sudan Medal, 1899. The political disintegration of the Ottoman Egyptian state during the 1880s, as it came under heavy British and French influence, permitted a rebellion in the name ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

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: F." for Republique Fran蓷ise at the right. M嶮aille Comm幦orative des Dardanelles, 1926 (Great War). ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Despite a bloody suppression of the revolt there, it was decided by the East India Company (in the light of the murder of the Shah meanwhile) that it was no longer ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: As a result it is not known to whom this medal was issued. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: It was reportedly designed by Princess Henry of Battenburg, Queen Victoria's youngest daughter Beatrice, whose husband Prince Henry of Battenburg died of illness contracted on this campaign. ... It is unnamed, and the recipient therefore unknown. Lester

8 Aug 2021: It is therefore likely that at some point in its history this medal has been retooled with the rare Defence of Kimberley clasp to increase its sale value. ... Lester Watson purchased it anyway at some point before 1928. The Museum must gratefully