1592970592000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-141400 1747245967798 1711380486000 1747245848565 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-141400 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141400 be4fd22d-6e6c-382c-ac37-50adba235285 8 reference term-42993 adlib-term-42993 93884c6f-c60c-39f7-a75d-f84d65288fe0 medal reference term-122711 adlib-term-122711 1db96904-a474-3b61-a8e5-6c2d9dd557ab Lester Watson Collection Coins and Medals With the award of medals for long service in the regular Army well-established, a slow process of the creation of parallel awards in the various dependent forces began. Among these was the Volunteer Force, the precursor of the modern Territorial Army. Its Long Service award was created in 1894, and recognised 20 years' consecutive service by a Volunteer of any rank, as long as he had still been serving at the beginning of 1893. 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 1908, at which point the medal was awarded to any Volunteers who did not wish to transfer to the new Territorial Force, but had nonetheless accumulated 16 or more years of service. These were the final issues. This medal was awarded to Colour Sergeant R. Bransom of the Royal Berkshire Regiment, though the exact date of its issue is not known. Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928. CM.1306-2009 1 accession number CM.1306-2009 141400 priref 141400 Watson Catalogue 209 ordering M-0189 previous object number LW.0189 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141400 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141400 Bust of Victoria facing left with veil obverse VICTORIA REGINA design Inscription on scrolled banner with wreath behind reverse design reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009 reference agent-206432 adlib-agent-206432 e0b1da8e-f9e4-30be-9257-f82c89d45afb Watson, Lester 2009 2009 2009 given on loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum 2005-2009 1894 1894 1894 1894 1908 1 1908 1908 1908 mint reference agent-149658 adlib-agent-149658 4cb81521-c6ef-3826-8224-de2a104139c5 London ruler reference agent-151398 adlib-agent-151398 bb2cd0a1-0a27-3787-a684-475d3b199972 Victoria (1837-1901) state reference agent-173757 adlib-agent-173757 13f60cf4-8249-3c45-bdc6-8d838fca7869 United Kingdom with the title of ruler reference agent-174943 adlib-agent-174943 9c2be08c-ce74-3f9c-b796-3c936a5088e0 Victoria regina reference term-106216 adlib-term-106216 825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0 London reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Diameter mm 36.5 Weight g 34.89 reference media-116351 adlib-media-116351 65c8a799-5617-37ec-a6ef-9e4010fc0650 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0189_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 106 1742589779950 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0189_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 106 1742589779950 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0189_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 106 1742589779950 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0189_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 106 1742589779950 1 image 0 media image reference media-116352 adlib-media-116352 01bca013-6b79-3f3d-b922-75f74a2ba826 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0189_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 106 1742589760203 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0189_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 106 1742589760203 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0189_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 106 1742589760203 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0189_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 106 1742589760203 1 image 1 media image reference term-122925 adlib-term-122925 46e0f5e2-5856-3482-9781-d1463b59d74a Volunteer Long Service Medal denomination reference term-98222 adlib-term-98222 b5ccc43a-7491-344e-b6ca-5df39a11c50e medals series reference term-108659 adlib-term-108659 cc732dec-4543-389e-a737-cf22bb7d2ee2 Military subseries reference term-107681 adlib-term-107681 e80da827-45c6-3b71-a3ef-28794a05e4a8 Britain subsubseries reference term-122924 adlib-term-122924 aa431cc5-0c7b-3a87-b399-d05c6ee5e241 Volunteer Force subsubsubseries history note Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt before 1928 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 232 reference publication-5895 adlib-publication-5895 0203db2c-278b-39ec-a933-7f85feae70f1 Medal Yearbook 2001 reference publication-5910 adlib-publication-5910 0d1d8526-5493-32bd-93b4-acd4cdcec7f9 British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)

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