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8 Aug 2021: As this was not one of the original issue, it had no recipient and its first owner is unknown. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

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: 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, an army approaching a coastal city, with boats at sea to the left beyond a tall palm. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealer Spink at some point before 1928.

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

8 Aug 2021: It was awarded to Private E. McBeth of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Foot. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

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: British forces were therefore sent to capture the legendarily-impregnable city, which they did at length by mining in January 1826. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford 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 from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The bar for Ava relates to the same campaign for which the East India Company awarded its Burma War Medal to their Indian troops (some 25 years earlier!). ... Harrison of the 38th South Stafffordshire Regiment. Lester Watson purchased it at some time