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8 Aug 2021: The phrase New Zealand Wars covers a variety of affrays, whose common factors were relatively few beyond that all, at some level, involved government forces suppressing risings by the indigenous Maori ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer

8 Aug 2021: In January 1895 the Royal Niger Company's station at Akassa was attacked and more than forty people killed. ... Her complement later earnt another medal which has ended up in the Watson Collection.) Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London

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

8 Aug 2021: Reverse, the Portuguese arms arranged at the left on a central tranverse bar composed of Portuguese crosses, the central word of legend being overlaid. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Reverse, an army approaching a coastal city, with boats at sea to the left beyond a tall palm. ... This one is unnamed, so the recipient cannot be identified. Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealer Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Because of the number of men available to the Afridis and the stretched demands on British forces it was some time before a response could be coordinated, but towards the end ... D. Patch of the 9th Mountain Battery, Royal Artillery. Lester Watson

8 Aug 2021: As a result, a small punitive expedition was sent in 1893, which landed at the island town of Lamu in the Sultan's home state of Pate (now also in Kenya). ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealer Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The Company's decorations and awards however often continued in issue for some time, and thus the last issues of the Company's Long Service Medal were made in 1873. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.