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George III. 1760-1820. Silver Medal 1815, 32.00 g. Battle of Waterloo. By T. Wyon Jr. Bust, laureate. GEORGE P. REGENT. Rv. Victory seated upon a podium inscribed WATERLOO, holding palm and olive-branch. WELLINGTON. In exergue: JUNE 18. 1815. Edge: EDWARD PICKSTON, 2nd BATT. 59th REG . FOOT. 36 mm. Eimer 1070. BHM 880. Sehr schön / Very Fine. Mit Original Eisenzarge und Eisenring, am modernen Band / With original iron frame and iron ring, on modern ribbon. Kleine Kratzer / Small scratches.

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium), marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The French Imperial Army under the command of Napoleon I was defeated by two armies of the Seventh Coalition. One of these was a British-led force with units from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Hanover, Brunswick, and Nassau, under the command of field marshal Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (often referred to as the Anglo-allied army or Wellington's army). The other comprised three corps (the 1st, 2nd and 4th corps) of the Prussian army under Field Marshal Blücher.