Germany Hesse Kassel 1814 1815 Napoleonic Wars & Waterloo Medal for Combatants

Imperial Germany - Electorate Hesse-Kassel: 
Combatant's Commemorative Medal for the 
1814 1815 Campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. 
Designed by Wilhelm Körner Junior.
Circumscribed: "Gott Brach des Feindes 
Macht und Hessen ward Befreit" (God Broke 
the Enemy Forces and Hesse was Liberated).
On the reverse: 
"Seinen Tapfern Hessen" (To His Brave (Men) 
of Hesse).
Inscribed "Aus Erobertem Geschuetz" (From 
captured Cannons) on the rim. 
The medal was instituted by Elector Prince 
Wilhelm II in 1821. 
It was issued to combatants of the Kurhessian 
Army who participated in the campaigns of 
the years 1814 and 1815, "crossed the Rhine 
and returned without committing any 
dishonorable or criminal acts". 
The medal was made of bronze from captured 
French cannons and was awarded to 
Kurhessian soldiers who were part of the 
Allied Forces that defeated Napoleon at 
Waterloo.400

FULL SIZE

Napoleonic wars 1814 - 1815

Item 100% original - original ribbon (formed 
in some kind of improvised ribbon bar)

Condition as on the photos
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