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FOB
Unique ID: NLM-BF1EB1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver fob. Cast fob of low plano-convex section taking the form of a heater-shaped shield within vegetal scrolls and below a low crown, all with cabled and incised embellishments, and retaining a soldered top loop and a ring of diameter 8.3mm clenched around it. The shield bears the letters: E E / B in somewhat crudely rendered capitals. The flat reverse is inscribed: SIXES / 1912 / E.C.D / CAPTAIN, with stamped maker’s mark: WHH in a rectangular stamped panel to the left, and hallmarks [anchor/lion left/III or M] in a similar panel to the right. Suggested date: Modern, 1912
Height: 38.5mm, Width: 22.4mm, Thickness; 2.5mm, Weight: 6.46gms
Inscription:
E E / B // SIXES / 1912 / E.C.D / CAPTAIN // WHH
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Exactly AD 1912
Date to: Exactly AD 1912
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 38.5 mm
Width: 22.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 8th February 2020
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM45010
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Winteringham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9321
Four figure Latitude: 53.67720061
Four figure longitude: -0.59357124
1:25K map: SE9321
1:10K map: SE92SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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