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8 Aug 2021: Mr Boulton's Trafalgar Medal (gold), 1860-95. After Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar in 1805 the prominent Birmingham industrialist Matthew Boulton distributed about 15,000 Trafalgar Medals at his own ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before

8 Aug 2021: H. Kingshott, 1833. Obverse, a collection of war trophies with a royal shield at the centre. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to all members of the British Armed Forces who had fought in the War; some five million were issued. ... Lester Watson bought it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to all members of the British Armed Forces who had fought in the War; some five million were issued. ... This medal was acquired with the rest of the group by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: An ongoing amateur research project is currently collecting material of this kind, but the example in the Watson Collection unfortunately has no such back-history. ... All that can be said is that Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers

8 Aug 2021: Reverse, a cannon and mortar left and right before four standards of Crimean Allies, Union Jack to the front. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Obverse, the elephant of Ava at right bowing before the British lion at left, who stands before a Union Jack flagstaff. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealer Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: To earn it a sailor had to have twenty years' service to his credit, although some had amassed rather more by the time of their discharge. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The medal was made in small numbers in India but the bulk of the issue was done at the Soho mint in Birmingham, and this gold example came from there. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealer Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Burma War Medal, awarded to an Indian officer, 1832. Obverse, the elephant of Ava at right bowing before the British lion at left, who stands before a Union Jack flagstaff. ... This one is unnamed, so the recipient cannot be identified. Lester Watson