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LOT 1787
Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Badge with Bishop
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (3.63 grams, 35 mm).
Of lancet form displaying a bishop wearing a mitre and holding a crook and globus cruciger; one remaining attachment loop. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEuropean collection, 1990s.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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