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LOT 1697
Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Badge with Knight and Swords
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (13.4 grams, 47 mm).
Quatrefoil panel with radiating spurs in the spandrels, high-relief mask of a helmetted warrior flanked by two drawn swords. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Yorkshire, UK, collection, 1990s.
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