2-715-220 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Blücher takes possession of Napoleon's medals and hat after the Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815, (1936). 'Blücher Empfängt Orden Und Hut Napoleons Nach Der Schlacht Bei Waterloo, 18 Juni 1815'. Prussian field marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742-1819) at Genappe (in Belgium) after Prussian and British forces definitively defeated French emperor Napoleon's army. He holds Napoleon's hat, medals and sword, taken as war trophies. His leg is bandaged after he was trapped under his dead horse for several hours during a previous battle. From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]