Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Hannover Waterloo 1815 (Trainknecht Heinr. Lampe, Landw. Bataillon Hameln) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise about nearly very fine and a rare rank £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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Trainknecht translates broadly as ‘sergeant of the train,’ the train being the ammunition and supply column for the battalion. He was possibly a civilian attached to the train rather than an enlisted man.