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LOT 1722
Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Badge with Bishop
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (3.64 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.
Ex property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Medieval Bronze Knight's Holy Sepulchre Badge
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Formed as a cross-crosslet, the symbol of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, with punched-point border, short pin to verso. 1.75 grams, 27 mm
Found Cambridgeshire in 1996. Property of an Essex gentleman.
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.
