Buckinghamshire County Council, Jennifer Moss, 2005-01-13 10:41:46
Title
Medieval badge
Description
English: A medieval badge in the form of a crowned, Lombardic letter "M". Badges if this type were commonly produced in base metal in the 14th and 15th centuries to signify devotion to the Virgin Mary. This example is silver and dates from the C15 (Brian Spencer, Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular badges, Museum of London 1998, pp 155-157). The back is rather roughly finished and has 3 small round scars from the fitting. One is behind the centre of the crown & the others are behind the bottom of the centre bar of the M
Depicted place
(County of findspot) Buckinghamshire
Date
between 1300 and 1400
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1300-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 84187 Old ref: BUC-D47F44 Filename: 2003 T74.jpg
Credit line
The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
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