Germany - Electorate of Hesse-Kassel: Hesse-Kassel Commemorative War Medal for the Campaign of 1814 to 1815, Combatants issue, made in bronze from captured cannon, the edge inscribed as such, the bronze being taken during the Waterloo campaign in 1815. Rare.
Condition: Good Very Fine.
The medal was instituted by Elector (Kurfürst) Wilhelm II on 14th March 1821 for all Kurhessian ‘warriors and subjects who in the years 1814 and 1815 served in the field under the fatherland’s colours, crossed the Rhine and returned without committing any dishonourable or criminal acts’. The medal was made from captured French cannon and awarded to Kurhessian soldiers who were part of the allied forced that defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
