Description
Waterloo Campaign Medal 1814/15, Saxe Coburg Saalfeld,
The Campaign Medal, 1814/1815 was instituted in October of 1814 after the campaign against Napoleon by Duchess Louise Leonore of Saxe-Meiningen (as regent for the under-age Duke Bernhard Erich Freund), Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Duke Friedrich of Saxe-Hildburghausen. The medal was instituted for Saxon troops after King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia declared that only those serving in Prussian troops were eligible for the Prussian War Commemorative Medal.
Less than 200 believed to have been awarded. rare
