Record ID: SF-6FC877
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken copper-alloy brooch or badge with heraldic design, probably a livery badge worn by a servant in a gentry household in the 19th century. The badge consists of a crescent, with a recessed area in its broader part, with an arrow crossing through it at a slight angle, the arrow passes under one part and over another. Both the crescent and the arrow have traces of gilding on them. The crescent measures c21mm in diameter and the arrow c30mm in length. The crescent and the arrow are attached via rivets to a thin copper-alloy backing sheet with a simple wire retaining clip …
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gedding', grid reference and parish protected.