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8 Aug 2021: After some international indecision this was suppressed by British arms, and this medal awarded to those involved. ... Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Ill-treatment of a diplomatic mission and border raiding compelled British intervention at the end of that year. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: some years, under Sir Arthur Wellesley, the later Duke of Wellington (who is seen on the reverse of the MGSM). ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

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

8 Aug 2021: well as some Chinese) to relieve the foreign population of Beijing and finally suppress the rebellion. ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Even before the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin in 1897, British forces were occasionally committed against the more independently-minded chiefs of the territory. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink at some point before

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: D. Keane, 1858. Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, Britannia before a lion standing facing left, she with a wreath in her right hand. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Several serious defeats of Egyptian forces in 1884 by his forces led to a concerted British campaign in defence of Egyptian claims, but but despite a victory at El-Teb and ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Stockton of the 1st Rifle Brigade. Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Mick, of the 1st Battalion, 10th Foot. Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: From 1910 the medal bore a portrait of King George V by Richard Garbe, and it is one of this issue that belongs to the Watson Collection. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: from a neighbouring tribe now under British protection; simultaneous campaigns against a henchman of the Gambian chieftain Fodi Kabba at Toniataba, against the Jebu tribe in modern Nigeria, and in Tambi ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point

8 Aug 2021: The result was that many of the bars were issued in tiny numbers, with some combinations all but unique, and the medals command a very high price among collectors because of ... Be that as it may, Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before

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

8 Aug 2021: Obverse, Liberty with sword and shield standing atop a disc. Reverse, the arms of the USA done as a totem pole with a double-headed axe at the top. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin 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.

8 Aug 2021: F. Bird, 1880. Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, a lion stooping to drink before a mimosa bush; in the exergue a Zulu shield on four crossed assegais. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.