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Yes indeed, your website is a "good cause"!!! No problem! J. Declercq. Belgium.

Of course Megan you may use my images if it's for a "good cause"...

The number of the Scheltens's brevet is 1.505. Henri-Chrétien Scheltens (Brussel 1787 - Brussel 1880) served in the french army during the napoleonic wars. In 1814 he was "sergent au 2° grenadiers de la garde". He entered then the dutch army and fought at Waterloo. In 1829, captain in the king's guard. He leaves the dutch service in 1830 and come back to Belgium where he becames "colonel commandant de la place d'Ostende" (1846). Retired in 1848. He was knight (1814) and officer (1847) of the Légion d'Honneur, knignt (1816) of the Netherlands MWO, knight (1833) and officer (1856) of the belgian Leopold's Order, knight of the spanish order of Villaviciosa; St-Helena's medal (1857) and Dutch Cross 1813-1815 (1865). Colonel Scheltens lefts interesting " Souvenirs d’un grognard belge. Les mémoires du Colonel Scheltens". In the first frame, it is the medal of the "Frères d'armes" of Mons. In the second one, it is a medal of an association of Brussel.

Colonel Scheltens's brevets: A brevet with the medal and a medal of the "Association des Frères d'Armes de Mons": Association des Frères d'Armes de Bruxelles:

To compare with "Guelphen Medaille" (p. 8), the "Verdienst Medaille 1815 for Carl Heinr. Oppermann:

Wurtemberg: the silver Honor Cross for 1815 (only 42 attributions):

Hello gentlemen! I am loocking for a list of recipeints of the 1815-1831 Hannoverian silver merit medal. Can somebody help me? Thank you.

Napoléon to Louis, Finckenstein, april 4 1807: "Vous offrez à tout le monde vos décorations; beaucoup de personnes m'en ont écrit qui n'ont aucun titre. Je suis fâché que vous ne sentiez pas que vous manquez aux égards que vous me devez. Mon intention est que personne ne porte ces décorations chez moi, étant résolu de ne pas les porter moi-même. Si vous m'en demandez la raison, je vous répondrai que vous n'avez encore rien fait pour mériter que les hommes portent votre portrait; que d'ailleurs vous l'avez institué sans ma permission, et qu'enfin vous le prodiguez trop. Et qu'ont fait toutes les personnes qui vous entourent, auxquelles vous le donnez?"

"Ordre Royal de l'Union": Knight Cross:

The "Ordre Royal de Hollande" was created in 1807 by King Lodewijk (Louis Bonaparte). This order became the "Ordre Royal de l'Union" in 1808. Miniature of a knight cross:

If you like documents, here is a bestowal for the commander cross of the Royal Order of Spain, for general marquess de Casa Palacio (1809). He 'll later became knight grand cross.

And an another one for the cross of Albuhera attributed to général Penne de Villemur:

For a soldier from Wurtemberg having received both Wurtemberg Medal for one campaign and St Helena's Medal:

Certificate for the cross of Medina del Campo, a cross created by Ferdinando in 1815:

Cross of the third army, created by Ferdinando VII (31 march 1815).

My principal sources are: Moniteur Westphalien. A Cassel, de l’Imprimerie royale. Années 1809 à 1813. Almanach de Westphalie. A Cassel, de l’Imprimerie royale. Années 1811 à 1813. Bulletin des lois du royaume de Westphalie. A Cassel, de l’Imprimerie J. H. Martin Aubel. Années 1807 à 1813. Almanach Impérial. Paris, Testu. Années 1810 à 1813. My list contains some careerdata as the function at the time of the attribution.

Sorry, no more info about that. A mural crown indicates generaly a municipal government, or a city. Cross for Pampelona and Bayona (1813 - 1814), created by Ferdinando VII (4 june 1815).

The swedish medal "For Valour in the Field", established by king Gustav III in 1789. There are three designs: the first one with Gustav's head, the second one with Gustav IV Adolph's monogram and the third one with the symbol of the Order of the Sword (since 1809). The first one: The third one:

Nothern Star and Carl Yohan Medal. This medal was created in 1854 by Oscar I and has been confered to swedish officers who served in 1813 - 1814.

The Cross for the defenders of Ciudad Rodrigo. Created by Ferdinando VII on december 6 1814.

Yes, it's mine. I have this good luck! I bought it in Sweden, from Björnstjerna's family.

Yes indeed. A list of more than 400 récipients of the Crown Order and some of the Honor Medal..

Order of the Westphalian Crown, created by king Jérôme (Napoléon'sbrother) (december 25 1809). First class knight: Second class knight (august 15 1812): With Biennais's hallmark: I'm for the moment wrighting a book about the order of the Crown and the medals of the kingdom of Westpahalia that will be published beginning 2017.

Thank you. That's a bear. (Coat of arms of Madrid). The cross for the defenders of Gerona created by the Regency on september 14 1810.

Cross for the defenders of Madrid (december 1808) created by king Ferdinand VII june 10 1817 : Obverse: Reverse: Cross for Talavera de la Reina (july 28 1809), created by the Regency on december 8 1810: Obverse: Reverse: