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The Important Waterloo Medal awarded to Ensign Frederick de Ronne, who in later life became a noted Prussian jurist, politician, author and diplomat, and served as the Prussian Ambassador to the United States of America in Washington between 1834 and 1844. Such was his high-standing in diplomatic circles that he was asked by the United States to act as mediator during negotiations with its dispute with Mexico in 1839. He later returned to political life in Germany, comprising: Waterloo Medal, 1815, with later replacement steel clip and ring suspension (Ensign. Fred. De Ronne, 3rd Line Batt. K.G.L.), surface marks and edge bruising with further marks to rim, naming rather difficult to read in parts, good fine. Frederick Ludwig de Ronne (1798-1865), or Friedrich Ludwig von Rönne, was born in 1798 in Seestermühe, Holstein, Germany, the third son of Johann Georg von Rönne. He was educated at Glückstadt, and later received private tuition in Berlin under the tutelage of politician and legal professor Charles Twesten. He joined the King's German Legion as a Gentleman Ensign on 21 March 1814, vice Dehnel, under whom he would serve in the 3rd Line Battalion in the Netherlands and during the Battle of Waterloo. The 3rd Line Battalion K.G.L. formed part of Colonel du Plat's 1st K.G.L. Brigade, itself part of the 2nd British Infantry Division under Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton. The 3rd Line Battalion were initially held in support behind the crucially-important Hougoumont Farm, but were later brought in to assist the Guards, Hanoverian and Nassauer troops at roughly 4.00pm in the face of repeated French attacks. Du Plat's Brigade fought off several French cavalry attacks, with the 1st, 3rd and 4th Line Regiments forming square to the left of the farm to resist a particularly strong cavalry charge. Colonel Du Plat himself was mortally wounded, and the young Ensign de Ronne would have made a conspicuous target holding the battalion's colours. Returning to civilian life, he studied law at Kiel and Berlin, joining the Prussian judicial service in 1820, and being made High Court Judge in Hamm in 1825. He joined the civil service in 1831, initially working in Potsdam, before being sent to Washington in 1834 as Minister Resident (Ambassador) of Prussia in the United States of America. Over the next ten years he worked tirelessly in support of German Immigrants to the U.S.A., and made firm and repeated attempts to establish formal commercial contracts between the German Customs Union and United States. Where these unfortunately faltered, he did succeed in extending the trade agreements between the U.S.A. and the cities of Hamburg and Bremen, and he attempted to assist the U.S.A. during its dispute with Mexico. He was eventually replaced in 1844 by Friedrich von Gerolt, whereupon he returned to Germany to serve as Head of the Department of Commerce. This was short lived, and in 1848 he was elected to the Frankfurt National Assembly, and in 1849 he acted as Envoy of the Archduke Johann of Austria. He retired in 1858, pursuing his career as a Liberal politician, and died in 1865 in Berlin.