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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: 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: 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. ... Harrison of the 38th South Stafffordshire Regiment. Lester Watson purchased it at some

8 Aug 2021: The medal is unnamed, so we do not know who the recipient of this example was. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Gifford in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: Precise dating of this medal is difficult, beyond the fact that it is an issue of Victoria's reign, but as the recipient, Corporal W. ... It was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928, and had previously been part of the Payne Collection.

8 Aug 2021: 1850s led 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 at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This example of the medal was awarded to Boy 1st Class W. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Five thousand bronze versions of the medal were struck, so it is unlikely that this can be changed. ... Lester Watson purchased this example from the dealer Lowe in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: Engineer 1st Class William Shaw was the first recipient of the medal, for his service aboard HMS Tartarus in West Indian and American waters. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal in the auction of the Hamilton-Smith collection, of which it may have

8 Aug 2021: Egyptian Medal, with bars for The Nile 1884-85 & Kirbekan, awarded to 2nd Foreman F. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928. The Museum is grateful to Mr G.