Images Dated 8th December 2014

Waterloo Medal 1815

Waterloo Medal 1815. One of two medals awarded to Surgeon William Jones. Surgeon Jones served as Regimental Surgeon to the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment in the Peninsular and at Waterloo. The surgeons in Wellington?s Army were barely able to cope with the thousands of casualties after Waterloo. Additional medical officers and civilian volunteers were sent from England to help, even then they were hopelessly overstretched. The Waterloo medal was the first ever ?campaign medal? issued by the British Army, given to every soldier regardless of their rank or role. It was awarded to all soldiers present at the Battle of Waterloo and the actions during the two previous days. Associated with Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815). Date: 1815

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library

Life of fishermen at Inle lake

Inle Lake is a freshwater lake located in the Nyaungshwe Township of Taunggyi District of Shan State, part of Shan Hills in Myanmar. It is the second largest lake in Myanmar

© 2014 Anan Charoenkal

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A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion. American cartoon, 1870, by Thomas Nast, featuring his first use of the donkey as the symbol of the Democratic Party, shown kicking the late Republican Secretary of War Edwin Stanton

DEMOCRAT DONKEY, 1870.
'A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion. American cartoon, 1870, by Thomas Nast, featuring his first use of the donkey as the symbol of the Democratic Party, shown kicking the late Republican Secretary of War Edwin Stanton

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