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