NAM.1975-09-19-1
Regimental medal for merit awarded to Pte Charles Stewart, Royal Lanark Militia, 1813. Silver, one fixed and one loose ring suspender. Obverse: Within a double-threaded inner border and engraved depiction of a twin-turreted castle (said by Hastings Irwin to be Morpeth Castle). Reverse: Inscription.
Diameter: 64 mm
Obverse, at the one o’clock position outside the inner border, hallmark: London, no date Maker’s mark: ‘IR’ (John Robertson) above ‘IW’ (John Walton, both Newcastle goldsmiths at this time; therefore if the medal was assayed in Newcastle rather than London it lacks not only the date letter, but also the Newcastle town mark of three castles) Reverse, outside the double-threaded inner border at the top: ‘PRESENTED TO CHAS STEWART’ Reverse, within the double-threaded inner border: ‘PRIVATE / in the / ROYAL LANARK MILITIA / By the Non-commissioned / Officers [and] Privates / OF THE [within an engraved heart] / 4TH BATTN COMPY SOUTHERN REGT / NORTHD LOCAL MILITIA / for his / Strict Attention to the Compy / During their/ TRAINING’ Reverse, outside the double-threaded inner border, at bottom: ‘MORPETH 16th Octr 1813’