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8 Aug 2021: The first campaign for which the medal was awarded was an attempt, from 1918 to 1919, to establish a British Protectorate in Southern Persia, that country (modern-day Iran) having been ... Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealers Baldwin

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private J. Mackey, of the 4th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: A final bar was added in 1931. The medal was issued in silver for European recipients, and bronze for Africans. ... It is however unnamed, and the recipient cannot be identified. Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealer Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Sepoy Zar Kash of the Gilgit Levy, a militia unit which was one of those faced with defending the besieged Chitral fort. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The recipient of this medal was Orderly F. Whittle of HMS Endymion (not to be confused with the earlier frigate of the name, some of whose crew'sthe Watson collection). ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

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: Queen Victoria, by whose order the medal was issued and whose bust it therefore carried, was likewise not on the throne for the actions for which it was awarded. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealer Baldwin in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: At the close of the campaign, the British government, by means of the East India Co., issued this medal to its Indian troops who had served in it. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Gifford in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Sergeant J. Dunkley, of the 1st Battalion, 1st West India Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: in 1854 to the design and issue of a General Service Medal for the theatre, for which bars would be issued as each new campaign merited. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford in 1928.