re: #30 retired cynic

BabelColour
@StuartHumphryes
Today is the 209th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, where Napoleon Bonaparte and his french army were defeated by the forces of the Duke of Wellington and Marshal Blücher, near Waterloo in Belgium. It ended the Napoleonic Wars which had raged for 23 years. To commemorate the anniversary, I share this fantastic character photograph of a British veteran of those wars, proudly displaying his campaign medal (which was won in Spain) alongside his rather unimpressed wife. It was taken in 1850.

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While we’re at it, here’s a photograph of the Duke of Wellington, taken in 1844: