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BADGE
Unique ID: WAW-180323
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy badge with a floral motif, of Post Medieval dating (17th to 18th Centuries AD).
The badge is irregular in plan and cross section. The badge is openwork in design, with a central flower design. Two petals of which are present. Each petal has two layers - a top petal and a bottom petal and are convex (domed) in nature. The tips of the petal touch the outer circular rim. From the curvature of the outer rim, it would originally have an a diameter of 5 cm, with 25% of the rim surviving. The back shows the reverse of the design, with a central concavity.
Overall the badge is mid to dark green in colour. The patina has been abraded from the upper raised areas, leaving it a mid brown colour. Small areas of surviving solid patina are present in the depressions on the back of the petals.
It measures 35.56mm in length, 17.74mm wide and 2.94mm thick. It weighs 3.2 grams.
A direct parallel has not yet been found for this badge, but as it has been cast as opposed to machine pressed, it probably is of Post Medieval dating, 17th to 18th Centuries AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.56 mm
Width: 17.74 mm
Thickness: 2.94 mm
Weight: 3.2 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Wychavon (District)
Parish or ward: Inkberrow (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP0055
Four figure Latitude: 52.193239
Four figure longitude: -2.001418
1:25K map: SP0055
1:10K map: SP05NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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