Description

George III. 1760-1820. Silver Medal n. d. (1815), 8.41 g. Duke of Wellington. By D. F. Loos. Bust in wreath. WELLINGTON. Rv. British arms held by two lions. Plain edge. 28.7 mm. Eimer, Wellington 91. Sommer A 178. Bramsen 2326. Gutes vorzüglich / About Uncirculated. Feine Patina / Nicely toned.

From the auction WAG 13, Dortmund, September 1998, lot 1939.

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.