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| Artist |
Thomas (Jr) Wyon |
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| Title |
Medal, campaign |
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| Object type | Wars of empire/wars Classification: 278 |
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| Description |
English: Waterloo Medal 1815 Medal awarded to Major Leslie Walker, 1st Battalion, 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot silver medal; 35mm diameter; steel clip and large steel ring suspension; with ribbon obverse-laureated head of the Prince Regent with the legend- GEORGE P. REGENT. reverse- winged figure of Victory seated on plinth holding palm branch in right hand and an olive branch in her left; below the plinth is a tablet with the word- WATERLOO; above seated figure is word- WELLINGTON; dated in exergue- JUNE 18 - 1815 ribbon- crimson grosgrain with wide dark blue edges named on edge in large impressed Roman capitals- MAJOR LESLIE WALKER. 1ST. BATT. 71ST. REG. FOOT. markings- obverse- medallists name in small capital letters just below head of VR- T.WYON JUN. 8 reverse- medallist's name just below numerals '18' in date- T.WYON 8 |
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| Date | George Prince Regent-House of Brunswick, Hanover Line-English reign; 18 Jun 1815; (Pre 1977); 1815; Battle of Waterloo-wars | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions |
diameter: 35mm |
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| Accession number |
799942 (object number) |
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| Place of creation | England; Waterloo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhibition history | Display: 1B 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, N0577 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Waterloo Medal 1815 Medal awarded to Major Leslie Walker, 1st Battalion, 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot. During the Battle of Waterloo the 1st Battalion of the 71st Regiment lost 16 officers and 171 men killed or wounded out of a total strength of 810 men. Major Walker is possibly the same person as Captain Leslie Walker, reported wounded in 1813 during one of the battles in the Peninsular Wars. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Photo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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