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which hung around its neck. This wreath was an honour conferred upon the 8th
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Hospital. It was broken from its staff and smuggled away to an unknown fate. Many rumours abounded, the strongest being that it had been repatriated by a Frenchman. More likely it was melted down and sold. The original staff is still held in
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Waterloo, one of which was formed around Napoleon himself. In May 2015, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum offered a reward of $ 100,000 for the safe return of the Eagle which remains missing.
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Regiment of Foot was not available, it was decided to make a replica. The mould was made by
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lines and, when assembled, measured 310 mm (12 in) in height and 255 mm (10 in) in width. On the base would be the regiment's number or, in the case of the
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The War Drama of the Eagles: Napoleon's
Standard-Bearers on the Battlefield in Victory and Defeat from Austerlitz to Waterloo, a Record of Hard Fighting, Heroism and Adventure
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The War Drama of the Eagles: Napoleon's
Standard-Bearers on the Battlefield in Victory and Defeat from Austerlitz to Waterloo, a Record of Hard Fighting, Heroism and Adventure
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