Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Hannover Waterloo 1815 (Capitain Leopold Dietrichs, Landwehr Bat. Salzgitter) replacement silver hinged straight bar suspension, contact marks, nearly very fine £1000-1200

In the Waterloo campaign, the Landwehr Battalion Salzgitter, formed part of the 3rd Hanoverian Brigade commanded by Colonel W. Halkett. The Battalion, some 644 strong, commanded by Major von Hammerstein, suffered 109 men killed, wounded and missing in the battle.