Germany – Imperial: Duchy of Brunswick: Brunswick Medal for Waterloo and Quatre Bras 1815, bronze with replacement clip and ring suspension, correct officially impressed naming awarded to Soldat Christopher Stellier, 3rd Line Battalion, which fielded 677 men of all ranks. They were the strongest battalion in the brigade, and along with the rest of the Brunswick Contingent, saw heavy fighting at both Quatre bras (where the Duke of Brunswick was killed) and at Waterloo.
Germany – Imperial: Duchy of Brunswick: Brunswick Medal for Waterloo and Quatre Bras 1815, bronze, with replacement clip and ring suspension, correct officially impressed naming; (CHRISTP STELLIER. 3 LINE. BAT.)
Condition: replacement clip and ring suspension, contact wear, Very Fine
Awarded to Soldat Christopher Stellier, 3rd Line Battalion, who served as a part of Lieutenant Colonel Von Buttler’s Line Brigade in Duke Frederick William of Brunswick’s Brunswick Corps, which numbers some 5376 men at the Battle of Waterloo on 18th June 1815.
The Duchy of Brunswick Medal for Waterloo and Quatre Bras 1815 was instituted on 11th June 1818, by the Prince Regent of Great Britain as guardian of the young Duke Karl II. Duke Frederick Wilhelm of Brunswick was killed at Quatre Bras on 16th June 1815.
3rd Line Battalion formed one of three Line Battalions which constituted the Line Brigade under Lieutenant-Colonel Friedrich von Specht and were under the command of Major Gustavus von Normann. Fielding 667 all-ranks, they were the strongest battalion in the brigade and, along with the rest of the Brunswick Contingent, saw heavy fighting at both Quatre Bras (where the Duke of Brunswick was killed) and at Waterloo.
