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8 Aug 2021: Baltic Medal, 1856. Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, Britannia seated with a trident, a cannon at her feet, before two distant fortresses. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928.

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

8 Aug 2021: Sergeant Jones's story makes an odd comparison with that of the other wing-walking medal-winner whose awards have come into the Watson Collection. ... Jones's medal was acquired by Lester Watson 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: Charles Lenden, 1849. Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, a general on horseback receiving the Sikhs' surrender before a hill topped with a palm tree. ... Lester Watson acquired the piece at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Possibly therefore this medal was at some point in its history retooled with the bar bearing the famous name of Mafeking to increase its value, although in fact Farrell's original ... Lester Watson purchased the medal as it is at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Matters began to escalate in 1872, when the port of Elmina, which had been the first European settlement in West Africa and was the Confederacy's principal trading point with the ... Kumase. Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The Watson Collection also includes medals awarded to men of this ship from the Brass River and M'wele campaigns of 1895-1896.) Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point

8 Aug 2021: For participation in that battle, or another the same day at Punniar, this star was issued by the Honourable East India Company. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Instead the campaign's identity was engraved at the top of the rim. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.