French Cockade, about 1815

French Cockade, about 1815

Museum ID: WNDRB : 2000.2.2

Picked up on the battlefied of Waterloo, three weeks after the battle on the 18th June 1815. the site became a tourist destination the day after the battle. In 1820, King William I of the Netherlands ordered the construction of a monument, a large mound called The Lion's Hillock. George IV of England visited the battlefield and was shown around the site by the Duke of Wellington.

Measurements: 73 x 73

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