MEMORIAL OF EMPEROR NAPOLEON I, LORD WELLINGTON AND HIS AIDE DE CAMP PERCY Three-lobed reliquary with three locks of hair On a white moire paper background. Presented under glass, silver circled, embossed "Napoleon, Wellington, Col. Henry Percy - Waterloo". D. 8.5 cm A.B.E. 19th century work. Provenance : Fontainebleau sale, 25 March 2018, lot 340 A reliquary with three strands of hair Commentary: This beautiful reliquary brings together three central figures from the Battle of Waterloo: the two adversaries on the battlefield, Napoleon and Wellington, as well as Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Percy (1785-1825), Wellington's aide-de-camp. Percy, a major in the 14th Dragoon Regiment, was instructed by Wellington to deliver the news of the victory and to give the Prince Regent the eagles captured in the fighting.