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8 Aug 2021: Provision was made to award the medal in future to officers of the Merchant Navy serving in transports, but when opportunity came in the form of the Great War of ... L. Jackson, of whose service nothing more is known. Lester Watson purchased the medal at

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private G. Palmer of the 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: French troops who survived combat in the Dardanelles, in which French forces took nearly as many casualties as the Australians, were in 1926 awarded this medal. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The portrait of Victoria on the medal's obverse was changed at the succession of King Edward VII, but otherwise the medal was unaltered until the Volunteer Force was disbanded in ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: One recipient of the medal was Private R. Hamilton, of the 2nd Battalion, 60th Foot. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealer Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Trooper J. S Hicks of the Alberta Mounted Rifles. ... rebels. Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Candahar, Ghuznee and Cabul Medal (First Anglo-Afghan War). The First Afghan War of 1839 had culminated in the British restoration of the Shah Shujah al-Mulk, a situation which caused ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The third bar to his medal indicates that he was also involved in the fierce fighting involved in the following recapture of Kabul. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Some account of these services is given with the entries for each individual medal. ... The Lester Watson Collection includes his entire medal group, purchased as one by Lester Watson from the London dealers Seaby in 1929.

8 Aug 2021: This medal bears the bar for participation in that battle, and for action during the long siege of Sevastopol. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928.