Note 47 — Chapter XIV · AFTER THE DOWNFALL

Five Eagles were on show in London in the autumn of 1815, in the so-called “Waterloo Museum,” having been acquired somehow on the occupation of Paris. Two were described as the Eagles of the 5th of the Line and of the Seamen of the Guard, and two as National Guard Eagles—all four having been presented at the Champ de Mai. The fifth purported to be the Eagle of the “Elba Guard.” None of the five had ever been in action.