2007-08-30 11:35:20 Steven Ashby sashby 2011-02-24 13:15:16 Daniel Pett dpett NARC-69BA44 badge Star-shaped miners' badge of copper alloy, dated 1917. Reverse is blank, obverse bears central circle and six points. Each point is ornamented with c.8 radiating lines. The top and bottom point bears perforations for attachment, and the upper one has been broken across the hole. The central circle bears a simple legend in 3 lines, the upper and lower lines of which curve around the arcs of the circle The legend reads: PELSALL/*1917*/MINERS This badge would have been worn by a miner working at the Pelsall Hall colliery, near Birmingham. This colliery is best known for the mining disaster of 1872, in which 22 miners were drowned. Star-shaped miners' badge of copper alloy, dated 1917. Reverse is blank, obverse bears central circle and six points. Each point is ornamented with c.8 radiating lines. The top and bottom point bears perforations for attachment, and the upper one has been broken across the hole. The central ... Copper alloy Cast MODERN MODERN Late 1917 35 2007-08-30 11:35:20 BEDFORDSHIRE BEDFORD BEDFORD POINT( ) TL04NW TL5024 29.06.2003 Metal detector 1 RESEARCH Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2007 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.