[PW] ? emblem with crown, eagle, and arrows ...

[Brian Whatcott]

At 09:22 PM 8/9/2007,  Kerry, you wrote:
>Peter asked:
> >
> > I'm trying to identify an emblem found on some decorative silk that
>honors
> > the Duke of Wellington: there's an eagle facing to its right, with
> > outspread wings, and above the eagle a crown tilted slightly to the
> > eagle's left, and below the eagle five zigzag arrows pointing downward
>. .
> > . I hope this rings a bell somewhere . . .
> >
>
>Perhaps something like this one -
>http://fortiter.napoleonicmedals.org/medals/photos/br1259r.jpg
>
>Kerry
>

A coin that possibly commemorates the Battle of Leipzig, Saxony
October 16-19, 1813

The eagle is an icon of the Prussian and German nations.
In contrast, lions, plates (white discs) and a cross
figure on Arthur Wellesley's arms.


Brian Whatcott    Altus OK    Eureka!