Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Essex Light Dragoons, Reward for Military Virtue from Col. Montague Burgoyne, bronze, 39 mm, with ring and straight bar suspender, circa 1800, some edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine, scarce £80-120

Raised in March 1794 by Montague Burgoyne, of Harlow, the Essex Light Dragoons saw service in Ireland at the time of the French invasion in 1798. It was disembodied sometime in 1799 and, to mark the occasion each officer and man who had served throughout the regiment’s existence was presented with a medal by their Commanding Officer.