05-03-2017, 09:43 PM
Yes, that for the 105th line is in the NAM at Chelsea and the 45th Line is in RUSI in Edinburgh. Both were taken, of course, at Waterloo, as you said.
However, I think your comment proves my point. Most of these eagles would have been destroyed by the returning Bourbons, leaving very few for us to find. I do know of a private collection at Fontainbleau that includes at least one eagle - but this dates from the 2nd Empire period, not that of The Little Corsican. What has always surprised me is not so much the absence of an eagle from the archaeological record, but the presence of at least 800 helmets!
Caratacus
(Mike Thomas)
However, I think your comment proves my point. Most of these eagles would have been destroyed by the returning Bourbons, leaving very few for us to find. I do know of a private collection at Fontainbleau that includes at least one eagle - but this dates from the 2nd Empire period, not that of The Little Corsican. What has always surprised me is not so much the absence of an eagle from the archaeological record, but the presence of at least 800 helmets!
Caratacus
(Mike Thomas)
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