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8 Aug 2021: Before the town could be assaulted by the Royal Navy and its Marines the guardships had to be destroyed. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928; they had it from a Glendining auction of October 1925

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 ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Gifford at some point

8 Aug 2021: The island of Guadaloupe, in the Caribbean, had been through a bewildering number of changes of ownership by 1809, at which point it was in French hands and therefore under British ... Be this as it may, Lester Watson purchased this medal from the dealer

8 Aug 2021: Patrick MacDonald, 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 it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Also, it was at some point mounted as a brooch (the marks are visible at each side) and then removed, which would help disguise other alterations. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928; before that it had been

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: of the Shah meanwhile) that it was no longer profitable to occupy the country, and British forces withdrew until 1879. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: He was dead before it could be issued, but Queen Victoria and the East India Company allowed it to be awarded through the usual channels anyway. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Military General Service Medal, 1848 (French Revolutionary War). It had been unusual, before the reign of Queen Victoria, for medals to be issued recognising service in campaigns (except perhapsThis left, for ... Sutton of the 24th Foot. Lester Watson

8 Aug 2021: Despite a bloody suppression of the revolt here, 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.