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A huge and interesting medal! It is heavily pock-marked and worn with
only some of the details visible in places. As a result it wasn't very
expensive, and I expect a good example will be.
I'm going to put the entire six lines of text below. Bramsen had already
devoted over a half page to this medal and I suspect that was about his
limit.
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| Here's the six lines, numbering from the outside, in: |
| 1 |
HANAU. 30. OCT. 1813. BRIENNE 1. FEBR. 1814. ORTEZ. 28. FEBR. 1814.
TOURNAI. 7. MAERZ. 1814. LAON. 9. MAERZ. 1814. ARCIS. S. AUBE. 21.
MAERZ. 1814. |
| 2 |
LA FERE CHAMPENOISE. 25. MAERZ. 1814. MONTMARTRE. 30. MAERZ. 1814.
TOULOUSE. 10. APR. 1814. HAVNAU. 19. AUG. 1813. GOLDBERG. 23. AUG.
1813. |
| 3 |
LÖWENBERG. 29. AUG. 1813. MOCHERN. 27. AUG. 1813. PIRNA. 7.
SEPT. 1813. WEISSENFELS. 13. SEPT. 1813. DOMITZ. 16. SEPT. 1813. KASSEL.
30. SEPT. 1813. |
| 4 |
FREIBERG. 20. OCT. 1813. xRIESENHEIM. 1 IAN. 1814. ST. M. AUX. MINES.
10. IAN. 1814. CHARMES. 12. IAN. 1814. |
| 5 |
HOCHSTRAATEN. 12. IAN. 1814. BARS. AUBE. 24. IAN. 1814. LA FERE
CHAMPENOISE. 5. FEBR. 1814. |
| 6 |
DANZIG. ZAMOSK. MODLIN. STETTIN. GENF. NYMWEGEN. WITTENBERG. TORGAU.
DRESDEN. LION. TOUL. BREDA. NANCY. BRUSSEL. PARIS. |
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| There's a few battles here that are a stretch to celebrate as Allied victories.
There are a couple others that don't show up on any standard chronologies,
which makes you wonder. There was only one letter I couldn't make out under
the loupe, it's on line 4 for January 1, 1814. The 'K's and the 'H's looked
much the same so there might be a couple problems there as well. |
