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8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Instead the campaign's identity was engraved at the top of the rim. ... 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 before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The campaigns against the insurgent peoples lasted some eight months from 1877 into 1878 and involved, as well as extensive local forces, contingents of both the British Army and the Royal ... Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealers

8 Aug 2021: Obverse, a bust of King Edward VII. Reverse, the British lion standing on a rock at the left watching the sunrise; a shield and two assegais below. ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The cornerstone of this campaign was the war in which the Indonesian island of Java was taken, a campaign which began with the landing at and capture of Fort Cornelis. ... Lester Watson acquired the piece at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: At the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries what is now Nepal was an area under pressure from two converging empires, the British in India and the Gurkhas of Kathmandu. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: decorations, but did not serve at Sebastopol, so to earn this bar Carter must have either fought ashore in the Naval Brigade, or else been on Wrangler only 'on loan' while ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928. The Museum

8 Aug 2021: In the 1880s however the discovery of vast gold reserves in Transvaal brought large numbers of foreign settlers, largely British, across the border, and an attempted coup at the instigation of ... Lester Watson acquired this medal at some point before

8 Aug 2021: Military Medal, 1916-1928 (Great War). The Military Medal was instituted in 1916 to reward acts of bravery by NCOs and men in the Army (and at that point the Royal ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: In the 1880s however the discovery of vast gold reserves in Transvaal brought large numbers of foreign settlers, largely British, across the border, and an attempted coup at the instigation of ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928.