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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: Not all the conflicts for which the New Zealand Medal was awarded were of this kind, however, some rather being wars between Maori tribes in which one side had managed to ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe 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: This medal was awarded to Private T. Moore of the Royal Warwick Regiment, and he fought at all three of Johannesburg, Diamond Hill and Bergendal, but his medal also bears two ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Central Africa Medal, 1895. Peace-keeping operations in the British possessions in Central Africa, as anywhere else, required a large number of small campaigns, several of which, from 1894-1898 and ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point

8 Aug 2021: the voyageurs to participate in the capture of the Mahdist outpost at Kirbekan that earnt him the second bar to his medal. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928. The Museum is grateful to Mr G.

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: The state was soon after annexed to British India. This medal was awarded to Private F. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: well as some Chinese) to relieve the foreign population of Beijing and finally suppress the rebellion. ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The United States was alone among the issuing nations in issuing campaign and battle clasps along with the medal, 47 different ones being authorised to cover all the theatres in which ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin

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. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

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

8 Aug 2021: The receipient of this medal must therefore have been awarded the Order's medal twice at some point between 1837 and 1912, when Indian troops were made eligible for the Victoria ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The work they did in maintaining order and assisting the medical effort was acknowledged by the Governor of the colony with this medal. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: indicates that this medal was awarded, to Sergeant Frederick Carthy of the Royal New Zealand Artillery. ... Lester Watson purchased his 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 at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The recipient of this medal, Stoker H. Devlin, served aboard HMS Fame, which due to the eagerness of its captain, Roger Keyes (at death Admiral of the Fleet and 1st Baron ... His medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

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: 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 at some point before 1928.