Description

George III. 1760-1820. Gold Medal 1815, 0.42 g. Miniature gold medal. Battle of Waterloo. By T. Wyon. Bust. DUKE OF WELLINGTON. Rv. WATERLOO. Plain edge. 7.5 mm. Eimer 1071 note. Vorzüglich / Extremely Fine. Fassungsspuren / Traces of mounting. Kleiner Kratzer / Small scratch.

Purchased from the stock of Baden-Württembergische Bank, Stuttgart, October 1992.

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.