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8 Aug 2021: A medal for service in the Dardanelles and in the subsequent Balkan campaigns was first suggested in 1917 but rejected, and only after other medals had been issued for the main ... Whoever it was must have been unfortunately impoverished, as Lester

8 Aug 2021: The earliest issues of the medal indicate that the War was not expected to last as long as it did, as they bear the dates 1899-1900 in the reverse field. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: year. This medal was awarded to Private Mohomadu Imbria of the 2nd North Nigerian Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The earliest issues of the medal indicate that the War was not expected to last as long as it did, as they bear the dates 1899-1900 in the reverse field. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal as it is at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: When a shortfall was discovered the opportunity was taken to redesign the medal for the second issue. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private Thomas Nugent of the 22nd Regiment, who apparently fought at both Meanee and Dubbo (Hyderabad). ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Gunner W. Ancion of the 1st Battalion, Bombay Artillery, and is of the issue engraved to mark participation only in the battle of Dubbo (Hyderabad). ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

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 makes the medal impossible to distinguish from the Ashantee War Medal when worn. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 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.