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PILGRIM BADGE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-2C1470
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast, lead-alloy, probable pilgrim badge of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. The object consists of a vertical, sub-triangular section joined, at its lower and wider edge, to an integrally-cast, openwork circle. Only half of the circle remains, the remainder having been broken off and lost. The vertical section continues through the centre of the circle and has a moulded human figure, in relief, on it's front face. The figure appears to be of a robed man or woman with hands clasped in front of them. This could, possibly, represent a monk or nun at prayer or, possibly, a saint.
The reverse of the object has a single, cast protrusion, but there is evidence that there was more of it, now broken away and lost. This may have been the attachment point for the badge, either a pin or a loop for stitching.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.3 mm
Width: 18.9 mm
Thickness: 9.89 mm
Weight: 5.58 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd October 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Langford
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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