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LOT 0371
Medieval Bronze St. Edmunds Pilgrim's Badge
1450-1525 A.D.
1 1/8 in. (35.3 grams, 28 mm).
Flat openwork badge with low-relief design of King (St.) Edmund of East Anglia tied to a tree flanked by two bowmen aiming at him, in a foliage setting; scar for attachment pin to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Kettering, Northamptonshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Cf. Robinson, J.P., A late medieval pilgrim badge from Chaucer House, Tabard Street, SE1 London, 1989; also cf. The British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) no.PUBLIC-731EA7.
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