A group of Piligrim badges and related fragments, including a small 14th century pin badge
A group of Piligrim badges and related fragments, including a small 14th century pin badge
Of hexagonal form, centred by a bust, possibly St. John, with a berry trefoil to each corner; together with two Knightly Orders of St. John, each in the form of a Maltese Cross; a small crucifix badge, another of open form retaining the pin and designed with a crown over a pair of lancet windows; a scallop-shell badge, another cast with the crucifixion and Latin inscription; one of an eagle, another with delicate filigree, together with various other pilgrims' badges and fragments, (22)
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A group of Piligrim badges and related fragments, including a small 14th century pin badge
Of hexagonal form, centred by a bust, possibly St. John, with a berry trefoil to each corner; together with two Knightly Orders of St. John, each in the form of a Maltese Cross; a small crucifix badge, another of open form retaining the pin and designed with a crown over a pair of lancet windows; a scallop-shell badge, another cast with the crucifixion and Latin inscription; one of an eagle, another with delicate filigree, together with various other pilgrims' badges and fragments, (22)