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LOT 1802
Post Medieval Bronze Arch-Fellowship of Saint Stephen Pendant
20TH CENTURY A/D.
2 1/2 in. (21.7 grams, 62 mm).
Vesica-shaped with openwork centre formed as a chi-rho Christogram; border with legend to obverse 'Archisodalitas Sancti Stephani' and reverse 'Regnare est cui servire' ('Arch-Fellowship of St. Stephen' and 'to rule is to serve'). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector near Hazlewood Castle, North Yorkshire, UK.
Accompanied by an original letter identifying the find from West Yorkshire Archive Service dated 18 October 1989.
The Guild of St. Stephen was a fellowship of altar servers founded in 1904 by Father Hamilton McDonald.
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LOT 1802
Post Medieval Bronze Arch-Fellowship of Saint Stephen Pendant
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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