The 2015 official BU set from Belgium contains a commemorative coin of 2,50 euros dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo .
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition, comprising an Anglo-allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington combined with a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blücher.
Issue date: May 2015 |