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8 Aug 2021: Antonio Rodriquez and the New Zealand Cross. In 1877 this medal was awarded to this man, Antonio Rodriquez de Sardinha, a naturalised citizen of New Zealand, for his bravery in combat ... before coming to rest with Lester Watson in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: THE COLLECTION CATALOGUE. The Watson collection contains 411 individual items, 379 in the main catalogue and a few pieces separately numbered, as well as an array of grouped medals (awarded to ... NOTES ON PROVENANCES. The information given here is

8 Aug 2021: This Badge was awarded to Colonel Lawrence Fyler of the 12th Lancers, whose service in the Crimea earned himmedals and whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and ... Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson bought them,

8 Aug 2021: that served in South Russia in support of British forces embroiled in the unsuccessful defence of White Russia, with whoseLester Watson acquired it. ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them, from the London dealers Baldwin in

8 Aug 2021: Allied Victory Medal 1914-1918 (USA), 1919. Obverse, Liberty with sword and shield standing atop a disc. ... Watson, Capt. A. S. A.", and it is assumed to be Lester Watson's own award for service in the Army Security Agency.

8 Aug 2021: The country wouldand result in a more lasting British involvement reflected in the Watson Collection byAlmost the first action of Shujah's short second reign was to found the Order of ... Watson purchased them as a group from the London dealers Baldwin

8 Aug 2021: It is not named, but it was awarded to Major-General Lawrence Fyler, late of the 12th Lancers, whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and shows a ... Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson bought them, from the London

8 Aug 2021: This medal is unnamed, but belonged to 2nd Lieutenant John Mitchell of the Royal Air Force, with whoseLester Watson acquired it. ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them, from the London dealers Baldwin in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria with veil. Reverse, laurel wreath within the inscription. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal, which is named to Captain Campbell, a pilot, is one such exception. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928.

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: He was to abdicate in 1837. This medal was awarded to Lieutenant A. ... Harrison of the 38th South Stafffordshire Regiment. Lester Watson purchased it at some time before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: It is one of three of his medals that are now in the Watson Collection;follow. ... Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them at some point before 1928; they had all previously formed part of the Payne Collection.

8 Aug 2021: Mitchell's wing-walking exploit finds an eerie parallel in the heroism of another Watson Collection medal's recipient! ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them, from the London dealers Baldwin in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Military Cross, awarded to Lt. A. Dudley Hill, 1916. Obverse, royal monogram in centre on an inner cross with a crown outside each arm. ... Lester Watson obtained this medal from one Teresa Reece, perhaps a friend, in 1935; it may have been purchased by

8 Aug 2021: It is possible therefore that this piece was a specimen or test version. ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: been tampered with or as has been suggested is only a proof issue, is unknown. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealer Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: William Kingston, 1848. Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, Britannia with a trident seated sideways on a seahorse. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the dealer Gifford in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: In 1893 an agreement between the British in India and the rulers of Afghanistan instituted the Durand Line as a working frontier. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson appears to have thought this a French medal--it is listed as such in his catalogue--which suggests that he may have acquired it with other French medals and ... therefore that the recipient may have also been French, but Watson's lists

8 Aug 2021: One such was Private A. Henderson of the 78th Foot, to whom this medal was awarded. ... Lester Watson acquired the piece at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The British forces suffered only a few men wounded. Among those unhurt was a Midshipman Roger Keyes, serving aboard HMS Turquoise, with whom another Watson Collection recipient earned a medal in ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before

8 Aug 2021: Reverse, Queen Victoria on dais placing a wreath on the head of the kneeling Duke of Wellington. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This is a rare proof in silver of William Wyon's initial, rejected, design. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The medal which displays this bar in the Watson Collection was awarded to Captain John Bostwick of the Norfolk Regiment of the Canadian Militia. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, Victory crowning a seated Classical warrior with a laurel wreath. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: He may also have been eligible for the NGSM, but the example of this medal in the Watson Collection appears to have gone to a seaman more junior than would have ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The Maratha Empire, a Hindu confederacy which began in 1674, had in 1796 fallen into the hands of the Peshwa ruler Baji Rao II. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealer Baldwin in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, a collection of war trophies including a royal shield below palm tree. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The label on the reverse of the ribbon was probably added by a collector, however. ... Lester Watson bought this medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Arctic Medal 1818-1855, engraved to Walter Wilkinson, issued 1857. Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928. The Museum is grateful to Mr G.

8 Aug 2021: Reverse, Britannia with a trident seated sideways on a seahorse. Naval General Service Medal, 1848 (Peninsular War). ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: He was Sapper A. Winzer, of the 26th Company of the Royal Engineers. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, Britannia with a trident seated sideways on a seahorse. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal in a New York auction in November 1926.

8 Aug 2021: William Lloyd, 1848. Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, Britannia with a trident seated sideways on a seahorse. ... Nonetheless, Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Few ships can have been involved on so many sides of a war in so short a time. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928; it had previously belonged to Greg, who obtained it in 1887.

8 Aug 2021: Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, Britannia with a trident seated sideways on a seahorse. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal in a New York auction during 1927.

8 Aug 2021: Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, Britannia with a trident seated sideways on a seahorse. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928; it had previously come up for sale in an auction at Glendinings in June 1919.

8 Aug 2021: Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, Britannia with a trident seated sideways on a seahorse. ... Be this as it may, Lester Watson purchased this medal from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Devlin, 1901. Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, a collection of war trophies including a royal shield below palm tree. ... His medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Once in the possession of Lester Watson, Rodriquez's Cross shared the fate of the rest of the collection; inherited by Mr L. ... The medal's appearance online, of course, made it available in a way that it had not been before, and as with many other

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson (1889-1959). A-S and Groups. Ref. no.:. Medal:. Recipient & details:. ... W. J. Waterlow, H. A. C. Unnamed. Ex A A Payne Coll.; bt before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: It was awarded to Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence Fyler of the 12th Lancers, whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and shows a career spent in India andfor the ... This medal is attached to two others and the catalogue of the Watson

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Colonel Lawrence Fyler of the 12th Lancers, whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and shows a career spent in India andfor the ... This medal is attached to two others and the catalogue of the Watson

8 Aug 2021: It is one ofthat are in the Lester Watson Collection. Although the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Mitchell's awards as its Group 7, the medals of that group are ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them, from the

8 Aug 2021: It is one of four 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 from the dealer

8 Aug 2021: The medals are not attached to each other so although the Watson Collection catalogue considers them as Group 3 they have been treated separately here. ... Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them from the dealer Gifford, in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Captain Lawrence Fyler of the 16th Lancers, whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and shows a career spent in India andfor the ... This medal is attached to two others and the catalogue of the Watson

8 Aug 2021: verified. Brigadier Warren's medal group has come as one into the Watson Collection and the Catalogue considers them as Group 9, but as the pieces are not physically attached they ... areLester Watson purchased them as a group from the London dealers

8 Aug 2021: The Watson Collection also includes a later medal of his. ... Lester Watson acquired this one, probably with the other, at some point before 1928.