Picture of the medal from their site
In 1815 the Duke of
Wellington proposed that everyone who fought in the British Army at Waterloo
should be honoured with a medal, and 37,500 Campaign medals were originally made.
To celebrate the bicentenary
of the battle of Waterloo, The Royal London Mint have minted a solid bronze
medal 36 mm in diameter to remember that
famous battle 200 years ago this year. A total of 500,000 are to be
minted and only one per household may be sold.
For a price of £2.95 plus £2.50
for P + P you will receive an official Waterloo 200 Medal folder containing the
Certificate of Authenticity from the Worchester Medal Service.
The folder provides you with
important Historical Background Information of the Battle of Waterloo and your
very own Commemorative Waterloo Campaign Medal safe and elegantly.
I have purchased one of these
and it will be the nearest thing that I will ever get to owning my own Waterloo
Medal. It’s a shame that it does not come with the Waterloo ribbon but for
£5.45 pence I hope it’s going to be a good item to own even though they say it's "Free"!
I've also ordered one too!
ReplyDeleteyup same here, ordered one but no sign of it yet. Gotta say it looks real pretty. How can they issue these for free? Apparently the originals were meant to be issued in bronze.
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