1592970600000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-141586 1747245965882 1711380519000 1747245848565 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-141586 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141586 cbf291a7-9cb1-3572-a151-306e331a72f4 7 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 In its origins an unofficial organisation by the City of London for its defence, first recognised by royal charter in 1537, the Honourable Artillery Co. of London is reckoned the oldest regiment of the Royal Army, although it was only formally placed under state control in 1860. In 1907 the Company as a whole was taken into the Territorial Reserve, now the Territorial Army of which it is still a part. Though very much an association first and a military unit second the Company has won numerous battle honours and currently performs surveillance for the NATO Rapid Reaction Force. In 1894 the Company instituted a sort of alumnus association, the Old Gunners' Club, whose function, as A. A. Payne put it, was "to dine together once a year and to keep the old Field Battery members in touch with each other". Long membership of the Club was marked by this medal, which was to be awarded for not less than seven years' membership. This medal was awarded to Sergeant Trumpeter W. J. Waterlow, one of the founders of the Club and thus one of the first to receive its medal. It is one of three medals that were awarded to him that are now in the Watson Collection; the others precede this one. The medals are not attached to each other so although the Watson Collection catalogue considers them as Group 5 they have been treated separately here. Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them at some point before 1928; they had all previously formed part of the Payne Collection. CM.1490-2009 1 accession number CM.1490-2009 141586 priref 141586 Watson Catalogue 318 ordering M-0375 previous object number LW.0363c uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141586 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141586 Trefoil, each leaf bearing pelleted letter O, G & C respectively, with cannon and balls in upper and halberdier in each of left and right, upper surmounted by winged helm; all on crossed halberds and with laurel sprays around obverse TRANSEAT IN EXEMPLUM 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 1901 1901 1901 mint reference agent-149658 adlib-agent-149658 4cb81521-c6ef-3826-8224-de2a104139c5 London issuer reference agent-174857 adlib-agent-174857 cdcffe59-d1f8-3c18-adf3-2d158304ba61 Honourable Artillery Company of London struck in the rule of ruler reference agent-167399 adlib-agent-167399 5bcafb25-0bd3-36ad-9878-d98c9e13c293 Edward VII (1901-10) reference term-106216 adlib-term-106216 825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0 London reference term-40365 adlib-term-40365 d79c75c2-da7b-3187-918e-f7a374e04005 bronze Diameter mm 37.9 Weight g 36.29 reference media-116723 adlib-media-116723 3e3029af-0bd7-38ef-929c-431a0790b09c jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0363c_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 145 1742589772313 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0363c_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 145 1742589772313 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0363c_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 145 1742589772313 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0363c_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 145 1742589772313 1 image 0 media image reference media-116724 adlib-media-116724 52a7379e-7572-3a90-8fdb-499f8e56645c jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0363c_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 141 1742589822256 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0363c_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 141 1742589822256 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0363c_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 141 1742589822256 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0363c_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 141 1742589822256 1 image 1 media image reference term-123111 adlib-term-123111 953a0b47-e389-38f2-bf87-ad3c7a32ec82 Old Gunners' Club Medal denomination reference term-98222 adlib-term-98222 b5ccc43a-7491-344e-b6ca-5df39a11c50e medals series reference term-127856 adlib-term-127856 0c2b185f-2f22-3ed6-a883-2d59589c2895 membership subseries history note Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt before 1928. Ex A. A. Payne Coll. reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 215 reference publication-6481 adlib-publication-6481 61f1069f-835a-35ca-a5c2-f822e618f8bf Handbook of British and Foreign Orders, War Medals and Decorations Awarded to the Ar 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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