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LOT 2109
Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Badge with Saint Edmund
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (7.6 grams, 55 mm).
Modelled as a standing crowned and bearded figure in ankle-length robe holding a large arrow point-downwards; pin to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection, a long time member of the Pewter Society.
LiteratureCf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, item 247, for type.
FootnotesThe legend of King (later Saint) Edmund was celebrated in medieval England. The king refused to submit to the Danes, who tied him to a tree and shot him with arrows thus providing him with holy martyrdom.
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