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the salamanca eagle

Posted by The Iron Duke on 15 Sep 2016, 20:50

i visited the lancashire infantry museum in preston a couple of days ago about an hours drive from my house to see this fella,an imperial eagle of the 22nd infantry regiment captured at the battle of salamanca in 1812 touched by the hand of napoleon himself to say i was in awe was an understatementImage
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Posted by Peter on 17 Sep 2016, 18:47

Thanks for sharing! :thumbup:
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Posted by Marvin on 24 Sep 2016, 20:25

A museum I've got to visit someday, I think!
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