Waterloo Medal (Nassau)

Waterloo Medal
Obverse and reverse of the Nassau Waterloo Medal
Awarded by The Duchy of Nassau
Eligibility Troops in service to Nassau
Awarded for Service in the Battle of Waterloo
Statistics
Established 23 December 1815

The Waterloo Medal of the Duchy of Nassau was established by Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau on 23 December 1815.[1]

Other Waterloo Medals

Five nations of Seventh Coalition struck medals for soldiers who took part in the campaign:[2]

  1. This medal for the officers and men of Nassau
  2. Waterloo Medal for British and King's German Legion troops
  3. Brunswick Waterloo Medal
  4. Hanoverian Waterloo Medal
  5. Prussian Waterloo Medal

Notes

    1. ↑ Royal Numismatic Society 1869, pp. 113–114.
    2. ↑ Royal Numismatic Society 1869, p. 109.

    References

    • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Royal Numismatic Society (1869). "The Hanoverian Waterloo Medal". The Numismatic Chronicle. 9. Royal Numismatic Society (Great Britain).
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