 After the events at Peterloo , many commemorative items such as plates , jugs , handkerchiefs and medals were produced ; they would be carried by radical supporters and may also have been sold to raise money for the injured . The People 's History Museum in Manchester has one of these Peterloo handkerchiefs on display . All the mementos carried the iconic image of Peterloo ; cavalrymen with swords drawn riding down and slashing at defenceless civilians . The reverse of the Peterloo medal carried a Biblical text : 
