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LOT 1753
Estimate
GBP (£) 80 - 100
EUR (€) 93 - 116
USD ($) 107 - 134
(3 Bids, Reserve met)
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(3 Bids, Reserve met) | Current bid: £16
MEDIEVAL BRONZE KNIGHT'S HOLY SEPULCHRE BADGE
CIRCA 13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (0.63 grams, 16 mm).
CIRCA 13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (0.63 grams, 16 mm).
Formed as an expanding cross within a circular border with punched-point border. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Found East Anglia, UK.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, items 939-41.
FOOTNOTES:
The 'Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem' was an order of knighthood under the protection of the Pope, formed around 1099 AD by Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade. It was established for the protection of pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land and was recognised by a Papal Bull in about 1113 AD.
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