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LOT 1795
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]
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
LiteratureSee Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim and Secular Badges, London, 1986, p.195, for similar pewter examples.
FootnotesThe '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.
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