Record ID: NLM-FBF699
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy badge. Pressed metal cap badge of the Royal Artillery; all detail reversed on the back. A Crown Imperial surmounts a label with the motto UBIQUE, itself above a wheeled cannon left with sponge resting on it to the left, on a plinth, with a label below continuing the motto: QUO FAS ET GLORIA DUCUNT. A small tensile clip is concealed behind the crown. Suggested date: Modern, 1910-1920 Width: 61.6mm, Height: 46.7mm, Thickness: 0.5mm, Weight: 10.48gms
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-900589
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a Mediaeval lead alloy pilgrim badge probably of the Head Reliquary of Thomas Becket dating to the 14th century.  This fragment only depicts the mitre of the saint and part of his forehead and eyes. In this form it is broadly a pointed oval. On the upper surface is raised decoration. This includes a mitre which is a pointed oval form with a beaded border and divided into two sections by a lateral beaded line which itself is flanked on either side by a shorter beaded line of c. 4 pellets. Below the mitre some facial features are visible as raised mouldings The…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stanton St. John', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6608F1
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver gilt pilgrim badge. A circular plate bearing the framed image of the Virgin and Child, the Virgin crowned and with sceptre and the Child haloed, viewed against a cross-hatched ground within a cabled inner border, a gutter, and an outer frame which is externally lined. A probably integrally cast D-section bar passes behind the image and across its flat plain back and is broken at the site of a sharp curve. Gilded overall, chipped. The finder kindly offers the suggestion that the object was a pendant, but the image is designed to be viewed when the bar is horizontal. This feature …
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-50F464
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy possible badge. Large cast discoid plate with two holes pierced from its display side close together and towards its edge. The front bears moulded decoration of several orders, from the middle comprising: a central cross pattee, a billeted band round the cross; a circumferential band of letters in medieval style in which distinguishable characters [--]TVST[--]P[--] may appear; a further three concentric rings, and a possibly billeted outer border. The form and cross decoration could point to an early medieval brooch of Weetch type 4, but there is no trace of pin gear and a s…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Embsay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D3F7D7
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy badge. Cast discoid lapel badge – actually of cross pattee form with recesses between the ends of each pair of adjacent arms and a semi-sircular recess in each angle, and with a crescentic lug for attachment in a buttonhole brazed to the back. The legend: ONE HEART ONE WAY around a W G monogram identifies this as a badge worn by a member of the Wesley Guild, an organisation dedicated to the recruitment and retention of young people to that Nonconformist Christian faith. The legend appears in pale green letters as does the monogram, against white labels and a dark blu…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-40E20C
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy pilgrim badge dating to the late medieval period (c. AD 1400-1500). The badge depicts a nimbed and draped Saint Barbara with a tower to the left. She is depicted holding an open book, sacramental wafer or perhaps chalice in her left hand and a palm frond in her right hand, symbolic of martydom. The badge has been moulded in relief to the front with faint traces of gilding surving in two places on the tower.  The reverse of the badge is flat with a small flattened attachment loop fitting. The badge measures 15.22mm wide, 25.42mm high a…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PAS-18F8A3
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt badge in the form of a recessed roundel with two concentric circles forming a deep frame, the edges of which are dentillated. The centre of the badge is engraved with a crowned 'I' between two Tudor roses on a hatched background. The reverse of the badge is soldered with a strip of metal which has been broken off at the point where it doubles back forming a looped pin. The relatively small size of the badge and the shape of the pin suggest its function as a hat-badge. Diameter: 25mm Weight: 1.09g Scientific analysis at the British Museum produced a silver content …
Created on: Monday 25th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2024
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Record ID: NLM-9B37F8
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy badge. Cast openwork uniform or sweetheart badge of a Canadian battalion. A central maple leaf is surrounded by a ribbon bearing the legend CANADIAN FO[RESTRY BATT]ALION below a Crown Imperial and flanked by maple trees; the number 238 appears below the maple leaf. Vegetal swags below frame a shield charged with crossed woodsman’s axes. Red enamel remains in the cushion of the crown and blue enamel serves as a field for the ribbon. Rust stains on the back mark the loss of a steel pin passing between an integrally cast seat and an applied drawn wire catch. The 238th B…
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-84FB88
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small copper alloy possible secular badge of Medieval to Post medieval date, probably AD 1400 - 1700, which appears to depict a jester. It has a casting seam round the edge. The figurine is moulded and depicts a small figure with his feet missing. He wears a hood embellished with three knobs (bells?), one on top and one at each side. The figure holds his hands clasped in front of him and there is an object on the right of the badge. His legs are together and there is a ring of bells round the lower leg before the break. The jester appears subdued, perhaps representing "the tears…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-4C2093
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete military uniform badge of The Royal Marines dating from between 1780 and 1820. The badge carries the early slogan: "Per Mare Et Terram", which was superceded by "Per Mare Per Terram" on later badges. A Cypher of King George III is pressed/embossed in the centre.
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Phoenix Meadows', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-70B896
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A discoidal lead alloy badge of post medieval to early modern date depicting two lions rampant, back to back, with a captial letter B between and above. The reverse is flat with a central casting seam and stumps for two integrally cast fixings, possibly a pin and catchplate.
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-76A987
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a lead alloy Pilgrim Badge of Medieval date (AD 1450-1550). The badge would probably have originally formed a circular disc, with raised decoration on the face. The decoration probably depicted St George riding a horse to the left, lancing a dragon below the horse or the drapery of the Virgin and Child. Running round the edge of the disc is a triple border of pellets. No attachments are retained on the back of the fragment. Length: 16.01mm, Width: 11.94mm, Thickness: 2.54mm, Weight: 1.5g The metal is cream in colour with a predominantly smooth patina. Similar Pilg…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-499D78
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy badge. Pressed metal badge of the Highland Light Infantry, described by the Imperial War Museum website as: ‘diamond-cut Star of the Order of the Thistle, an Imperial (King's) crown superimposed on the upper point and having at its centre a French bugle horn, the twist of which encloses the monogram 'HLI'. Below the horn is a small scroll marked 'ASSAYE' and below that again, and over the lower point of the star, an elephant on ground’. A drawn wire loop is brazed to the back as a catch; pin lost. Perhaps a ‘sweetheart brooch’ as…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton Night Soil Field', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B4FF62
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy pilgrim badge of medieval date (c.AD 1500-1550). The object when complete would have been octagonal with concave edges, however only four of these concave edges remain, comprising roughly half of the object. The reverse if undecorated with a central oval shaped stud with the letters IL on its face. The obverse has a linear border that follows the outer edge of the object, set roughly 1.3mm from the outside edge. The central motif depicts two shops holding the shroud of the Lirey Chambery – or the shroud of Turin. The remaining motif depicts two figures…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-63F6CE
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval lead alloy probable pilgrim badge or pendant dating to AD 1350-1500. The badge is oval in plan with a fluted outer edge resembling flower petals with many small cracks and undulations across its upper surface. There is an outer border of pellets approximately 3mm in from the outer edge, the contents of the inner cell are unclear possibly containing an image of three standing people. The reverse of the badge is not decorated but there is the remains of a small lead hanging loop in the centre. The badge has a mottled light gery patina. The badge is…
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-4B16A8
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A voided copper alloy metal Royal Artillery headdress badge. The badge is shaped around the emblem which comprises a field gun with scroll above inscribed 'UBIQUE' and scroll below inscribed 'QUO FAS ET GLORIA DUCUNT', all surmounted by a crown. The badge is complete with the slider on the reverse. Dimensions: it is 65mm wide and 46mm high and weighs 8.95g
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Weir', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-38E0F3
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy secular or livery badge of medieval date, c.AD 1100 - 1500. The badge is in the from of a bird facing right (when viewed from the front). It has a triangular beak extending from a rounded head with punced annulet eye. The body is ovate with moulded crescents representing feathers. The tail is flared. A wing extends from the back of the bird, tapering and looping round to join the back of the head. The reverse of the badge is concave with no obvious means of attachment remaining. The metal has a mid-brown patina and is in fair condition. The badge is 25.6mm …
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-CF8E1D
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead plaque [source record]. Circular lead plaque with female bust wearing an odd, possibly feather headdress or crown. suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600 Diameter: 31.0mm, Thickness: 5.0mm, Weight: 17.78gms
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2024
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SF-A581F2
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy pilgrim badge dating to circa AD 1400-1550. It is sub-circular in plan and planoconvex in section.. The piece depicts the Annunciation (the Angel Gabriel announcing to Mary she is to bear God's son). Mary is depicted to the left dressed in a long robe with her left arm raised to her chest, her right hand on a book that sits on a column to her front. Surrounding her head is a halo that is surmounted by a dove. To the right is the angle Gabriel facing left with furled wings projecting to the rear, he is shown holding a branch (messengers…
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Felsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-A1A0F8
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval (later 14th to early 15th century) pewter livery badge in the form of a lion (or possibly a leopard), depicted passant gardant, left, in the manner of those displayed on the royal arms of England. The beast has its front right paw upraised to the fore, its head turned facing and its tail curled under the legs and then up, with a trefoil tip vertical above its spine. Moulded details of ribs and mane / fur are depicted. The reverse has a casting seam running across and two integrally cast attachment studs.
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded.