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24 & 25 February 2016

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Lot

№ 619

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25 February 2016

Hammer Price:
£1,100

Hannover Waterloo 1815 (Soldat Heinrich Dening, Leichte Batt. Luenburg) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine £500-600

Private soldier Heinrich Dening served in the Lueneburg Light Battalion, which fought at Waterloo with the title Lueneburg Field Battalion in the 1st Hannoverian Brigade. The regiment was badly cut up by cuirassiers, temporarily losing a colour, when moving to assist the garrison at La Haye Sainte. Their casualties were the highest of any of the Hannoverian regiments.