Record ID: LEIC-BECD37
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern iron? and gold badge or plaque 35mm long, 25mm wide and 1mm thick. The badge commemorates the pageant of Leicester, held in 1932 and shows people marching in historical costume. The pageant was intended to show the history of the area from AD50 until the opening of Abbey Park in 1882.
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 25th November 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-D4A8A2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver finger-ring, constructed of a single rectangular-section wire which is wrapped around twice to form a double-strand hoop. The wires have then been crossed in the centre of the bezel and formed into a double clockwise spiral, with the outer ends finally wrapped over the hoop to form shoulders. It is very neatly made and measures 15mm in diameter; the wire is 1.5mm thick. The object is in good condition and weighs 0.86g. This finger-ring is similar to KENT-697734 (2013T52) which was found through metal analysis to be made from sterling silver and therefore of modern date. Al…
Created on: Thursday 17th February 2011
Last updated: Friday 19th March 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-59CD53
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Victorian or Edwardian copper alloy 'Tigers' (Leicester Regiment) badge, 35mm long, 21mm wide and 3mm thick. The badge is oval in form with a wreath like border containing a pressed image of a tiger moving right with his tail above his back.
Created on: Monday 26th April 2010
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-E18687
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern copy of a silver denarius of Geta as Caesar (RIC21A closest match).
Created on: Wednesday 19th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-49DEF6
Object type: INTAGLIO
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern (19th century) copper alloy and glass intaglio ring bezel, 17mm long and 14mm wide. The object is in a fair condition with a powdery green patina and weighs 1.62 grams. It has a plain oval bezel with no signs of shoulders. This is filled with red glass which has a depression in its centre which appears to portray a human head. for similar see FAKL-B996C0 LIN-DEEA80
Created on: Friday 11th November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-1EE3F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Modern Forgery of an anglo-Saxon Thrymsa, Comprised mostly of copper with a blob of silver in the centre. The object measures 12mm in diameter and is 1.5mm thick, with a weight of 0.805 Grams. The coin appears to have been clipped as hardly any inscription is showing. It has a cross in the centre on each side one being slightly larger than the other. Obverse has the smaller cross and has a silvered centre. Inscription - V L ---E--. Reverse has a border around the larger cross and edges of lettering visible. Due to its composition its is probably only a few weeks old as it would tarni…
Created on: Friday 12th March 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-40E457
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern (Victorian) token two pence. Issued by the Greyhound, Loughborough. The reverse reads Hubbards Cricket ground and shows two cricket bats, bales and ball. The token advertsies Loughborough atheletic/cycling and cricket ground, which was situated behind the Greyhound. Its Leicestershire's oldest, opened in 1862. The ground later became the home of Loughborough Town FC. Their greatest achievement was beating Arsenal 8-0 in 1896.
Created on: Tuesday 7th April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 7th April 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-11B657
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy object, 21mm long, 12mm wide and 4mm thick with a weight of 9.45g. The object has a square head with each corner cut off, creating a facetted appearance. This sits on top of a circular-sectioned shaft. Although the object resembles a Roman pin (fig.9. no.11 in Cool, H.E.M. Roman metal hairpins from Southern Britain. Vol 147 Archaeological Journal 1990) it is more likely to be a modern hook, perhaps for a coat or strings for a blind, etc. Compare NLM-B5DF46, LVPL-4CF45C, LEIC-B30068, SF-D59BA6. Probably 19th or 20th century.
Created on: Monday 29th June 2015
Last updated: Monday 17th February 2020
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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-2E26D8
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern copper alloy button, 6mm thick and 22mm in diameter with a weight of 4.18grams. The button is circular in form and semi shperical in cross section. It is formed of two plates with the upper one containing pressed decoration - the letters CD with a crown above, for the Civil Defence Corps. The underside is stamped with H L [] M, and has the remains of a loop in its centre.
Created on: Tuesday 14th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 17th August 2018
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