1592970592000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-141442 1747245967591 1711380494000 1747245848565 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-141442 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141442 5d4d3ced-28f3-3a7d-959c-0937c1399813 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 The British Colony of Natal was founded in 1843 on territory acquired from the Boer Republic of Natalia in the First Boer War, but expanded substantially by the annexation to it of Zululand after the Anglo-Zulu War of 1893. This situation left considerable resentment of British rule, worsened by a time of cattle disease and poor harvests and manifested especially in a consequent refusal to pay hut-taxes. When in 1906 attempt to enforce such payments resulted in the killings of two Natal policemen, the local government raised forces for a punitive `drive' which imprisoned three chiefs. From this perhaps heavy-handed treatment resulted a far larger insurrection, and troops were raised by various emergency means both locally and abroad. Among these rapidly-formed units was a group of volunteers from the local Lancaster and York Association, and the Natal Indian Congress raised a unit of stretcher-bearers that included one Sergeant-Major Mahatma Gandhi. The assembled forces proved more than capable of meeting the threat and a `drive' through the Natal forests achieved the retreat and finally surrender of the rebel chiefs. This medal was awarded to Private W. Patter, of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Contingent formed by the Association mentioned above. It bears, as do almost all these medals, a bar that was awarded to those doing more than fifty days' service on the campaign. Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928. 51 reference exhibition-1967 adlib-exhibition-1967 6984c1c2-8fb8-37f2-bc1e-13468b4a0475 Imagery of War CM.1348-2009 1 accession number CM.1348-2009 141442 priref 141442 Watson Catalogue 254 ordering M-0231 previous object number LW.0231 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141442 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141442 Bust of Edward facing right obverse EDWARDVS VII REX IMPERATOR design Britannia with orb and figurine of Peace treating with Natalia who holds a sword, kraal and natives in background reverse NATAL 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 1907 1907 1907 mint reference agent-149658 adlib-agent-149658 4cb81521-c6ef-3826-8224-de2a104139c5 London manufacturer reference agent-182456 adlib-agent-182456 a1bda7ff-00c3-3cb4-9171-29ce728c0824 Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. ruler reference agent-167399 adlib-agent-167399 5bcafb25-0bd3-36ad-9878-d98c9e13c293 Edward VII (1901-10) with the title of ruler reference agent-174947 adlib-agent-174947 253dc792-731d-3083-9b6d-3c175c4f1251 Edwardvs VII rex imperator 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 39.6 reference media-116435 adlib-media-116435 2360623e-ad61-3e02-bde8-73eaa68f089e jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0231_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 133 1742589782529 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0231_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 133 1742589782529 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0231_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 133 1742589782529 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0231_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 133 1742589782529 1 image 0 media image reference media-116436 adlib-media-116436 74e3fcfc-d19d-3f76-81ca-1298786f93c0 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0231_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 134 1742589711872 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0231_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 134 1742589711872 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0231_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 134 1742589711872 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0231_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 134 1742589711872 1 image 1 media image reference term-122968 adlib-term-122968 35801277-9e48-3164-96c5-82fd414a18ca Natal 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-122967 adlib-term-122967 e96cf7fa-b917-388d-a0b1-1ca3cdf72c75 Natal subsubseries 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 468-470 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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