Description

George III. 1760-1820. Silver Medal 1817, 10.97 g. Waterloo Bridge Opened. By T. Wyon Sr. or Jr. Bust, laureate. GEORGIUS . W . P . VICEM . REGIS . BRITANNIARUM GERENS. Rv. Royal Standard. WELLINGTON. In exergue: WATERLOO DIE IUN . 18 . 1815. Edge: PONTE WATERLOOENSI DEDICATION . IUN : 18 1817: 26.8 mm. Eimer 1091. BHM 961. Gutes vorzüglich / About Uncirculated. Feine Patina / Nicely toned.

Waterloo Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge crossing the River Thames in London, between Blackfriars Bridge and Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges. Its name commemorates the victory of the British, Dutch and Prussians at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

Thanks to its location at a strategic bend in the river, the bridge offers good views of Westminster, the South Bank and the London Eye to the west, and of the City of London and Canary Wharf to the east. Originally named 'the Strand Bridge', following the victory of the Battle of Waterloo, the bridge was renamed in 1816 (before its opening) to 'the Waterloo Bridge'. The bridge company was at the same time renamed 'The Company of Proprietors of The Waterloo Bridge'. It opened in 1817 as a toll bridge.