Record ID: LEIC-FD732C
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Modern copper alloy Italian fascist youth badge, 3mm thick and 38mm in diameter with a weight of 11.44grams. The badge is circular in form and rectangular in cross section. It is missing its pin and central disc on the reverse. The badge shows a left-facing helmeted bust of Benito Mussolini, surrounded by the inscription CREDERE OBBEDIRE COMBATTERE" (Believe Obey Fight) and inscribed "G.I.L." (Gioventù Italiana del Littorio) = Italian Fascist youth. The Reverse is inscribed witha warning - "MODELLO DEPOSITATO / RIPRODVZIONE INTERDETTA" = reproduction forbidden patent pending.
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 8th April 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-FD29B2
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early 20th Century copper alloy die-cast cap badge, 31mm in length, 30mm wide and 1mm thick with a weight of 3.31grams. The object is circular in form and rectangular in cross section. It is die-cast and consists of an open laurel wreath surrounding the letters LVR, with a fox running left across the top. LVR= Leicestershire Volunteer Regiment. The object probably dates to 1914 - 1945.
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 28th June 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-42F8AF
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval? lead alloy pilgrim badge, 20mm long 18mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 3.27g. The object is rectangular in form and cross section and depicts a bearded? figure with a possible halo of pellets or a headress around its head. The figure has its arms raised upwards by its head (in an attitude of early Christian prayer?) and is wearing a long sleeved tunic decorated with raised curved lines which run down the sleeves and converge in the middle of the body. This image has a ladder like border, with pellets in each section at its two sides. The bottom and upper edge are not c…
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 16th January 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-F6FB9E
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy bagde fragment? 48 mm long, 37mm wide and 3mm thick with a weight of 34.24grams. The object is rectangular in form and cross section and appears to have ben folded? It is decorated on one side with rows of raised dots, one running down each side and one down the centre. These have diagonal rows crossing over them. The item is possibly part of a pilgrims badge or similar?
Created on: Monday 30th January 2017
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-E6F654
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy badge or mount? 2mm thick, 25mm diameter with a weight of 5.95grams. The object is circular in form and rectangular in cross section. It has a solid outer border with different decoration on each face. The upper? face has a solid raised outer border containing a series of transverse raised lines ( in groups of 2 and 3?) and raised pellets. The other face has a series of slightly diagonal raised lines within its raised border. The openwork interior contains a central transverse shaft with an ovoid projection at one end, which is flanked by two L shaped shafts. The …
Created on: Thursday 7th July 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-E274A9
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy badge fragment, 21mm in length, 22mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 4.14grams. The object is subrectangular in form and cross section and is incomplete. It is divided into three areas on its surface with the central panel decoarted with incised cross hatching. Either side of this it has a series of linear depressions running from the panel to the edge, which resembles a feather. The reverse has a central casting ridge which has, at one broken edge, the remnants of pin or catchplate.The object is possibly a pilgrim badge or secular badge. Its form fits that…
Created on: Thursday 7th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-BC5121
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Modern copper alloy badge, circular in form and rectangular in cross section. 29mm in diameter, 1mm thhick with a weight of 8.29grams. The badge depicts a helmet and gas mask sat upon a dagger/bayonet with crossed rifles below. Above this is the word SHEPSHED in relief. Below the motif are the initials L. D. V. and below this in smaller type the word CLUB. The reverse holds an attachment which is crescentric in form. The badge dates to the Second World War and identifies the Local Defence Volunteers, Shepshed branch. The group was formed in may1940 after an appeal by Minister of Wa…
Created on: Monday 12th October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 15th October 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-76AF95
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval Lead alloy commemorative medal. The object is circular in form and decorated on both sides. It has the dates 1887-1897 on one side so it is celebrating an anniversary, it also shows the monarchs name VICTORIA... but the rest of the lettering is difficult to read and the object is incomplete.
Created on: Tuesday 29th July 2014
Last updated: Friday 26th February 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-767F85
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy and enamel badge, probably military. The badge has a scutiform shape and shows the coat of arms of Great Britain crossed with two sceptres and surmounted by a crown. The reverse has two obvious scars near its upper surface suggesting a pin or attachment strap.
Created on: Tuesday 29th July 2014
Last updated: Friday 26th February 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-91F276
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver badge fragment in two pieces, leg length 18 mm, width 7 mm; tail length 11 mm, width 5 mm. It represents the hindquarters of a lion with a flowing tail. The tail has broken off. On the reverse are traces of a pin attachment or stitching loop that would have attached the badge to a garment or a hat. The lion was probably used to signify a heraldic affiliation or perhaps the Royal Coat of Arms. The badge fragments are silver and date from the fourteenth or fifteenth century.
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 30th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirby Bellars area', grid reference and parish protected.