Record ID: WAW-B76287
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy badge dating to the Modern period (AD 1914-1918). The object has a round plate with an integral, tongue-shaped plate on the reverse for attachment onto clothing. The outer face of the circular plate reads MEDICALLY UNFIT within a garter surrounding the letter R in the middle. The object has a patchy dark green patina.  For a comparable example of a wartime badge noting the wearer being medically unfit see PAS record SUR-07E25F. Here it is noted that such badges were worn by those recruits who were rejected on medical grounds but did not want…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th February 2023
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Record ID: WAW-72B058
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible Medieval to early Post Medieval lead alloy (late 12th to 16th century) badge: The badge is fragmentary and it appears to be the border formed by two decorated concentric rings jointed by intermittent pellets. The inner ring is decorated with ribbing and the outer ring is a wavy line with bevelled edges. Within the inner ring there is an integral cross which sits on a horizontal bar. The bar has a trace of an openwork element along the lower edge. The breaks on the fragment are not recent. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The fragment measures: 30.62mm long, 19.44mm w…
Created on: Friday 5th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2019
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Record ID: WAW-727AEE
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible Medieval to early Post Medieval lead alloy (late 12th to 16th century) badge: The badge has two fragments remaining and they appear to be the border formed by three decorated concentric rings jointed by intermittent arms. The inner ring is decorated with a twist, the central ring has a wide groove bordered by low-relief pellets, and the outer ring is also decorated with a twist design, but this ring has a break at each arm. On one fragment, within the inner ring there is a moulded horizontal bar with a small arm below joining it to the inner ring. The reverse of the fragmen…
Created on: Friday 5th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2019
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Record ID: WAW-7ED7A4
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: The artefact is cast from silver which has then been gilded on the outer face. The outer face has a moulded design which is in the form of a human head and a long neck, followed by drapery behind which two large wings emerge upwards. Below the wings and emerging from the end of the drapery is the rear of a lion. There is an asymmetrical openwork between the neck and wings. The reverse of the artefact has a trace of solder in the centre indicating another element of the artefact was, at one point, attached here, whether this second element was a pin or loop is not known. …
Created on: Friday 27th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 8th April 2020
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Record ID: WAW-180323
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: 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…
Created on: Thursday 27th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 1st February 2011
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