Battle of Waterloo
18 June 1815
Partiel reproduction of the Panorama
Artistic views Editions postcard
Photographed by Marc Boseret
This is postmarked from Belgium with two Waterloo stamps and a 200th anniversary Waterloo postmark.
Belgium (Belgie-Belgique) stamp 2015
The 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo
Willem, Prins Van Oranje
William, Prince D'Orange - 1 Europe
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William II (6 December 1792 – 17 March 1849) GCB was King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg.
He was senior officer of the Allied army in the Low Countries when Napoleon I of France escaped from Elba in 1815. He relinquished command on the arrival of the Duke of Wellington, and fought at the head of I Allied Corps at the Battle of Quatre Bras (16 June 1815) and the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815), where he was wounded. As a sign of gratitude for his victory in Waterloo, William was offered Soestdijk Palace by the Dutch people.
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The 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo
Michel Ney - 1 Europe
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Michel Ney, 1st Duc d'Elchingen, 1st Prince de la Moskowa (10 January 1769 – 7 December 1815), popularly known as Marshal Ney, was a French soldier and military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon.
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