NAM.1999-08-140-1

Manchester and Salford Light Horse Volunteers Medal, 1802 Regimental medal for merit in gold, awarded to Cornet Thomas Caistor in 1802. Caister was commissioned in 1798 and the regiment was disbanded in 1802. The medal bears a fixed ring suspender. Gold. Obverse, struck: The laureated portrait bust of George III facing right, flanked by the letters: GR and surrounded by a circular chain of hearts and hands. Note: the medal bears a fixed ring suspender. Obverse, struck: ‘GR’ Reverse, struck and engraved: ‘CORNET THOMAS CAISTOR/ ROYAL LIGHT HORSE (engraved) A TESTIMONY/ OF GRATITUDE/ FROM HIS/ FELLOW TOWNSMEN/ FOR SPIRITED AND/ PATRIOTIC SERVICE/ 1802/ MANCHESTER & SALFORD VOLUNTEERS’ (raised lettering)