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8 Aug 2021: The campaign for which this medal was awarded was a native police operation that quelled a small rising in the Shire Highlands of Nyasaland (now part of Malawi). ... Lester Watson purchased it in the auction of the Hamilton Smith Collection, of which it

8 Aug 2021: It was discontinued with the regrading of Engineers as Warrant Officers in 1847, which made them eligible for other decorations. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal in the auction of the Hamilton-Smith collection, of which it may have previously formed

8 Aug 2021: It was awarded to Corporal Abdulla Mongo of the 4th Battalion, King's African Rifles. ... 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: It was awarded to Private Chamula of the 1st King's African Rifles. ... 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 955).

8 Aug 2021: Africa General Service Medal, 1902-1910. Numerous actions in the British-controlled parts of Africa were felt to merit the award of a medal, but not a distinct one for every ... Lester Watson purchased it in the auction of the Hamilton Smith Collection,

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1928. ... It had come there from the auction of the Hamilton Smith Collection by Glendinings (21-22 Nov.