Medieval Bronze Sun, Moon and Star Retainer's Badge

14TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/4 in. (6.15 grams, 33 mm).

Lancastrian retainer's badge or mount with 'sun, moon and star' emblem. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Gloucestershire, UK.

Literature

See Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim and Secular Badges, London, 1986, p.195, for similar pewter examples.

Footnotes

The 'star and crescent' (sun, moon and star) symbols were a traditional badge of the Plantagenets during the period from Richard I to Edward I and were also popular in the 14th century.

CONDITION

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