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Originally Posted by dumdum
Hi Simon
Sure, will do. I'm not the world's best photographer but the miniature has a bar suspension as seen on the MGS. I think that the recipient actually got an MGS so maybe there is the mate to his Waterloo out there somewhere.
I find it rather curiously Victorian that those who were awarded medals would then have their miniatures engraved with their names and regiments. 
It's not universally done, but always adds something to a medal when you see it. |
Many thanks, I think the Battle of Waterloo made such a huge impression on both The Army and the British Public that anyone in possession of either the MGS or Waterloo Medal would have been rightly proud to be seen wearing it or a miniature version of it whilst in uniform or later in civilian clothing after retirement from The Army. There is a thread running on the British Medal Forum at the moment regarding Waterloo Day where a Contributor states
'I suspect a man wearing his Waterloo medal never paid for a drink.'
Such was the reverence in which the Veterans were held. Perhaps engraving even the miniature version, though not usual practice, was an example of the pride felt by those awarded the medal.
Simon.