saxcob Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Pictures 1-3: Documents of the Nassovian Waterloo veteran Johann Hutter from Niedererbach (Waterloo medal certificate, Service term document, Poem dedicated the City of Wiesbaden/Capital of Nassau) Pictures 4: Nassau Waterloo medal (first of all participating states) Pictures 5: Nassau Taler (1815) engraved with the date of the Nassovian troops entering Paris Pictures 6 and 7: three varieties oft the Waterloo medal miniature Pictures 8 and 9: unknown Nassovian captain; Nassovian colonel Heinrich Friedrich Carl von Rettberg, both wearing the Waterloo medal at the first place of the bar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 A lovely display. Thank you for sharing it! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Thank you for sharing these and sorry for a very belated reply - it's all interesting, but the Waterloo Certificate for the Nassau Waterloo medal is something I have never seen before...a real treasure. Kind regards, Owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Card Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Fantastic group! Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Very, very cool. If I read that correctly, Soldat Hutter was in the 1st Nassau Regt.and only aged 19 at Waterloo. Most of his comrades were also very young and inexperienced and took a high proportion of (40%) KIA amongst their casualties, mostly from artillery bombardment in the rear center of the Allied line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxcob Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 The duke was indeed desperate to scratch the young men out of every corner of his territory in order to demonstrate that he was now true to the allies. He was probaly right to think that the Prussians would take revenge for the nassovian occupation and annex his duchy which only had been created in 1806 by the grace of Napoleon. The sacrifice of his soldiers let Nassau survive another 50 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scouse WW1 Medal Man Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 I've just bought the Waterloo Nassau 1815 Medal but was wondering of the 3k Nassau troops involved, why was the medal awarded about 7.5k times as mentioned here: http://www.ehrenzeichen-orden.de/deutsche-staaten/waterloo-medaille-in-silber.html? Thanks Lance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxcob Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share Posted February 1, 2018 It was awarded to the two Nassau Regiments and the (Dutch) regiment Nassau-Oranien. Your 3k figure is much too low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 The Nassau army wasn't all at Waterloo, but everyone in uniform got the medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxcob Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 This is a most surprising statement given the heavy losses the Nassauers suffered at Waterloo. Could you be so kind as to elaborate a bit on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haku Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 (edited) Order of battle of the Waterloo campaign Battle ready Killed Wounded Missing / men Edited June 13, 2023 by Haku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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