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BADGE
Unique ID: NLM-C3381E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy badge fragment. Pressed metal openwork acorn flanked by a pair of oak leaves, probably a fragment from a cap badge from a military uniform. Peter Hart kindly comments as follows: 'Cheshire Regiment. Collar Badge. Possibly the 1922 pattern', citing Colin Churchill, History of the British Army Infantry Collar Badge,101-104
Suggested date: Modern, 1922-1945.
Height: 23.2mm, Width: 21mm, Thickness: 0.6mm, Weight: 1.19gms
Class: Uniform
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Exactly AD 1922
Date to: Circa AD 1945
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 23.2 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 1.19 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 29th January 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38693
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Heraldic
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Epworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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