Auction Catalogue

2 April 2004

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 137

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2 April 2004

Hammer Price:
£470

Hannover Waterloo 1815 (Hornist August Anschurtz, Leichte Batt. Lueneburg) fitted with contemporary steel clip and small ring suspension, old silk ribbon, nearly very fine £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late John Darwent.

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August Anschurtz was a Hornist, or Bugler, 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.