Orders, Decorations and Medals

A Hanoverian Guephic Medal for Waterloo awarded to Canonier Christian Friedrichs, 2nd Company Artillery Regiment

Guelphic Medal (Christ... ....drichs, Canonier bei d. 2n. Comp. des Art. Regts) with original steel clip and ring suspension, contact marks and with edge bruising obscuring some of naming, scratch to reverse; together with a Hanoverian Waterloo 1815, unnamed, with replacement post and ring suspension, first nearly very fine; second nearly extremely fine (2) £2200-2500

Christian Friedrichs was awarded the Guelphic Medal for his bravery at the battle of Waterloo. A translation of his citation reads:

‘Kanonier Heinrich Busse and Christian Friedrichs while trying hard to get the gun in position were both brushed/squeezed (crushed) by the gun and had severe breast wounds, but although Friedrichs was spitting blood and was sent by his officer to rest. But he quickly came back and said “I was afraid you were not able to shoot anymore, so I had to come back to assist’”.