Despatch case used by the Duke of Wellington, 1808 (c)
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Accession Number
NAM.1973-03-31-1
Description
Despatch case, 1808 (c); green stained kid skin folder, in two section which fold together; a pocket is on each of the two flaps; lined with unbleached linen; the front is impressed with a shield and bears a gold inscription, ‘THIS CASE WAS USED BY THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON IN THE PENINSULAR AND WATERLOO CAMPAIGNS WAS LEFT BY COL GURWOOD, C.B. M.C. SEC. TO THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON TO HIS STEP-GRANDSON LORD ESHER BY WHOM IT WAS GIVEN TO LIEUT GENERAL SIR JOHN FRENCH K.C.B.’.
Campaigns
Peninsular War (1808-1814), Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815)
Units