Blücher Medal
This is a little out of the scope of the forum, but I have a 2 Mark sized iron medal/jeton of Blücher, the other hero of Waterloo. Under the wreath on the obverse is the name "Loos". It seems familiar, but the only reference I can find is for Adolph Loos, the architect. Can anyone help me with this? No smart a-- remarks from the Brits, please;0
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--This 'Loos' appears on my 1814-1815 KGL/Hanseatic Legion medal on the obverse. I had originally thought it to be a silver content mark similar to 'Loth'.
--It turns out that this was the artists' name who designed the medal. 'F. Loos' and 'Loos' also appear on a couple of German commemorative medals for ballooning in the last years of the 18th and the early years of the 19th centuries.
BTW, what do you mean the OTHER hero of Waterloo!!!!
Oh, you mean that vainglorious English politician!! 
[ 23 April 2001: Message edited by: Bill M ]Comment
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Yup, that's the one. On this side of the pond most people think he was Da Man. Silly deluded fools.
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