and is dated C 1809 on the barrel over another proof mark
complete with lower compartment for gauze
but has been sanded and refinished over the years
A lovely pair of medals ready for further research and display
The World War I Victory Medal (known prior to establishment of the World War II Victory Medal in 1945 simply as the Victory Medal) was a United States service medal designed by James Earle Fraser of New York City under the direction of the Commission of Fine Arts
Original British Napoleonic Wellington 1815 Waterloo Medallion - Bronze Category_Martini-Henry Parts and is dated C 1809Original Item. Only One Available. The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (then 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 was a British led force with units from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Hanover, Brunswick, and Nassau, under the command of