Germany – Imperial – Prussia: Campaign Medal for 1815 - Waterloo Medal, cross with square arm ends, made from captured cannon without ribbon.
Condition: Good Very Fine.
The medal was instituted by King Friedrich Wilhelm III at Frankfurt-am-Main on 24th December 1813 and amended on 3rd October 1815 to be awarded to ‘all warriors who without exception, whether in the field or before a fortress, truly fought and uncompromisingly did their duty throughout this current conflict’. The medal exists with the dates ‘1813’, ‘1814’, 1813/1814’ and ‘1815’ and with square and rounded ends to the cross. Prussia was a key member of the coalition that fought Napoleonic France and its allies, culminating with victory at Waterloo on 18th June 1815.
