Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria to coincide with the OMRS Convention

Essex Light Dragoons, Reward for Military Virtue from Col Montague Burgoyne, bronze, 39 mm, with ring suspender, circa 1800, a little knocked but better than good fine and 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.