1592970587000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-141221 1747245964986 1711380455000 1747245848565 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-141221 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141221 94934efd-e08d-3beb-909a-f46a119da421 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 After the initial British success against Amir Sher Ali in Afghanistan in 1878, a British resident was installed in Kabul in 1879, the Amir being sworn (and paid a considerable subsidy) to behave friendlily towards him. This proved no protection against the Resident's murder along with other British residents in September 1879, whereupon war was rejoined. While battle raged around Kabul, the British forces at Kandahar were felt dangerously exposed and orders were given to remove them to join those at Kabul. This journey involved a defeat of Afghan forces at Ahmed Khel. In July 1880 Sher Ali's nephew Abdur Rahman was proclaimed Amir by the British, whereupon his cousin Ayub Khan, brother of Sher Ali's son Yaqub Khan who had been proclaimed by the Afghans in the previous year, rebelled and defeated a British force sent to oppose him at Maiwand. The remains of this force retired back to Kandahar where they were heavily besieged for a month before relief could arrive from Kabul, in a memorable march that was considered to merit a second medal. This medal bears clasps for participation in both the battle of Ahmed Khel and the final taking of Kandahar. It was awarded to Bugler R. Harris of the 2nd Battalion, 60th Foot, who must also have been eligible for the Kabul to Kandahar Star. It is not impossible that the unnamed example of that piece in the Watson Collection also belonged to Harris. Lester Watson purchased this one at some point before 1928. CM.1127-2009 1 accession number CM.1127-2009 141221 priref 141221 Watson Catalogue 10 ordering M-0010 previous object number LW.0010 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141221 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141221 Bust of Victoria facing left obverse VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX design Pack elephant with following troops and mules crossing left 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 1881 1881 1881 1881 1882 1 1882 1882 1882 mint reference agent-149658 adlib-agent-149658 4cb81521-c6ef-3826-8224-de2a104139c5 London artist reference agent-174944 adlib-agent-174944 612cb2b7-d928-3eff-a2bc-0e78dbbbd814 Boehm, Joseph Edward, Sir artist reference agent-21431 adlib-agent-21431 24eec03b-e077-39d1-90ad-15046ea76eb3 Caldecott, Randolph ruler reference agent-151398 adlib-agent-151398 bb2cd0a1-0a27-3787-a684-475d3b199972 Victoria (1837-1901) with the title of ruler reference agent-174945 adlib-agent-174945 53c52c53-979d-3cdf-9a0b-6b7b691fe2dd Victoria regina et imperatrix 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 36.2 Weight g 42.63 reference media-115993 adlib-media-115993 1592e463-2949-34d5-9603-5643cd05269d jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0010_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 143 1742589697130 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0010_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 143 1742589697130 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0010_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 143 1742589697130 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0010_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 143 1742589697130 1 image 0 media image reference media-115994 adlib-media-115994 6d8ac7cc-0b55-352d-aca7-6b851c1d4585 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0010_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 141 1742589711072 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0010_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 141 1742589711072 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0010_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 141 1742589711072 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0010_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 141 1742589711072 1 image 1 media image reference term-122725 adlib-term-122725 5df33e28-2713-3d1e-933d-0b0f3cad62b3 Afghanistan 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-122717 adlib-term-122717 140af9ad-d215-34d9-9d42-52ecb5d3fead British Army 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 332-335, 336 reference publication-5886 adlib-publication-5886 a6056c29-399c-38dd-9710-5b3f2d44b8a6 British Battles and Medals 7th edn 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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