elverno Posted June 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 I love the etching and the Imperial Guardsmen are great. I never have a problem with people, particularly fellow collectors, posting to "my" threads. I appreciate the information that is added as well as artifacts, other examples, ephemera... Where did you acquire the Guardsmen? It's a very nice group. 54mm? BTW, I think that is a scared-out-of-my-underwear tree... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Thomason No. 13 1812 The Battle of Badajoz, Great Britain. 15mm BHM 733 (888) Two of the deadliest hours in British Army history until World War I were spent in 40 separate unsuccessful assaults on the breeches. Eventually another entry was effected, the breeches needed to be taken ultimately from the rear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 60mm scale, brought from a local antique store a few years back, really cheap if my memory serves me right, unfortunately the owner retired & the store is no more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Thomason No. 14 1812 The Battle of Almaraz, Great Britain. 15mm BHM 734 (888) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 60mm scale, brought from a local antique store a few years back, really cheap if my memory serves me right, unfortunately the owner retired & the store is no more. It's a great set, representative of nearly all the types except a sapeur with his shovel and a pioneer with his impressive axe and beard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Thomason No. 15 1812 The Battle of Salamanca, Great Britain. 15mm BHM 736 (888) Bramsen 1159 One of Wellington's finer battles Salamanca forced a major withdrawal by the French armies. As they withdrew they concentrated their much larger numbers, turned and caused Wellington to retreat all the way back to Portugal. The wild celebrations of the populace of Madrid on their liberation turned to disbelief when the British shortly left them to the tender mercies of the returning French army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Thomason No. 16 1812 The Battle of Madrid, Great Britain. 15mm BHM 739 (888) Bramsen 1161 And another: 1812 The Battle of Madrid, Great Britain. 15mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Thomason No. 17 1813 The Battle of Castelo Branco, Great Britain. 15mm BHM 755 (888) This battle is so obscure I think this is the first time I've actually read anything about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Thomason No. 18 1813 The Battle of Vitoria, Great Britain. 15mm BHM 757 (888) And another: 1813 The Battle of Vitoria, Great Britain. 15mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Thomason No. 19 1813 the Battle of the Pyrenees, Great Britain. 15mm BHM 759 (888) This is the one piece that wasn't in the tube! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Thomason No. 20 1813 The Battle of San Sebastian, Great Britain. 15mm BHM 762 (888) And another: 1813 The Battle of San Sebastian, Great Britain. 15mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Thomason No. 21 1813 The Battle of Bidassoa, Great Britain. 15mm BHM 764 (888) Bramsen 1256 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Thomason No. 22 1813 The Surrender of Pamplona, Great Britain. 15mm BHM 766 (888) Bramsen 1274 And a second, with a distinctly different obverse die: 1813 The Surrender of Pamplona, Great Britain. 15mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Thomason No. 23 1813 The Battle of the Nive, Great Britain. 15mm BHM 767 (888) I collected two others of these: 1813 The Battle of the Nive, Great Britain. 15mm Awful pics of that one! 1813 The Battle of the Nive, Great Britain. 15mm In search for the third ones' image I realized I hadn't put it on Omnicoin. Not a great example but still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Thomason No. 24 1814 The Battle of Orthez, Great Britain. 15mm BHM 788 (888) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Thomason No. 25 1814 The Battle of Toulouse, Great Britain. 15mm BHM 790 (888) When Wellington won the battle of Toulouse the original reign of Napoleon I truly was over. His abdication soon followed and the First Restoration with its horrible Bourbon mistakes began. Mudie had this beautiful piece created for his set in 1820: 1814 The Battle of Toulouse, Great Britain. 41mm BHM 789 Bramsen 1384 d'Essling 1457 Eimer 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Thomason No. 26 1815 The Battle of Waterloo, Great Britain. 15mm BHM 878 (888) The last piece in the box (or perhaps tube set). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 More nice medals. I was wondering when these medals were actually issued. I didn't find that in the posts, sorry if I overlooked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 More nice medals. I was wondering when these medals were actually issued. I didn't find that in the posts, sorry if I overlooked it. Yeah, they were issued in 1815 though I'm sure they struck them for a while. The individual medals are pretty common for the most part, the tube much less so. And at least a couple of the previous ones I had collected look like they might have been cheap (or cheaper) knock-offs, like Thomason 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Wow, great medals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 That is a wonderful medal by Brenet. After Paris was occupied on 31st March 1814. At the urging of his marshals, Napoleon abdicated on 6th April in favor of his son. The Allies, however, demanded unconditional surrender and Napoleon abdicated again, unconditionally, on 11th April. So the Battle of Toulouse on the 10th April seems to be a rather needless battle, but word might have not reached either the French or Allied armies at Toulouse by the start of the battle. Or perhaps till Napoleon's unconditional surrender on the 11th neither side was prepared to cease hostilities. A great shame for all that were injured or lost their lives that day, but such is war. Napoleon's Abdication 1814. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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