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8 Aug 2021: His medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Precise dating of this example is difficult, beyond the fact that it is an issue of the reign of George V, and that it was in the Watson Collection by 1928. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before the making of his catalogue that year.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased it in the auction of the Hamilton Smith Collection, of which it had formed part, in 1927 (Glendining, 20-21 July 1927, lot 956).

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased his medal in the auction of the Hamilton-Smith collection, of which it may have previously formed part, in 1927 (Glendining, 21-22 Nov 1927, lot 1293).

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

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased it in an auction in November 1926.

8 Aug 2021: This must have been done very early if so, however, since Lester Watson purchased the medal, issued in 1921, from the London dealers Baldwin before 1928.

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