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8 Aug 2021: J. Andrews, 1851. Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse, Victory seated facing left before a palm and war spoils, holding a laurel branch and wreath. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal bears the clasp for participation in the capture of the hill fortress of Ali Musjid, one of the two actions which led to Shere Ali fleeing Kabul before the ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The medal was issued unnamed, and it is not known to whom this example was awarded. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Reverse, Victory seated on a dais that bears the inscription and is supported by three lilies; she holds a laurel wreath and a palm branch and sits before crossed standards. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: It is one of three medals that were awarded to him that are now in the Watson Collection; the othersThe medals are not attached to each other so although the Watson ... Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them at some point before

8 Aug 2021: Reverse, a crossed artillery piece and axe before two standards, the nearer of which bears legend "HONNEUR / PATRIE / 1913 / 1918"; the artist's name can be seen in the left of ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Despite a bloody suppression of the revolt there, it was decided by the East India Company (in the light of the murder of the Shah meanwhile) that it was no longer ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

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 at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: In 1896 however, Britain, alleging Ashanti cannibalism and human sacrifice, and under the pretext of recovering a debt that the previous ruler had incurred to the British twenty years before, sent ... It is unnamed, and the recipient therefore unknown.

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