Badges

Coin-like badge (British Museum 1913,0619.71). ca. 400-1500

Interlaced triangles badge (British Museum 1898,0720.4). ca. 400-1500

Sexfoil badge (British Museum 1893,0618.110). ca. 400-1500

Bookbinder's badge mould (British Museum 1927,0312.1). England - late 12th C.

Fleur-de-lys badge (British Museum 1836,0610.38). ca. 13th C.

Seated dog badge (British Museum 1836,0610.44). 13th-16th C.

Badge mould (British Museum 1890,1002.1). England - 14th C.

Labours badge (British Museum 1855,0625.15). France - mid 14th C.

Crown and feather badge (British Museum 1856,0701.2146). England - mid to late 14th C.

Feathers badge (British Museum 1856,0701.2149). England - mid to late 14th C.

Phallus boat badge (British Museum WITT.269). England - 14th C.

Cockerel badge (British Museum 1856,0701.2170). England - 14th-15th C.

Crown badge (British Museum 1853,0502.5). England - 14th-15th C. 

Crown badge (British Museum 1856,0701.2147). England - 14th-15th C.

Crowned heart (British Museum 1848,0828.7). England - 14th-15th C.

Leaf badge (British Museum 1856,0701.2130). England - 14th-15th C.

Mating cockerel and hen (British Museum 1856,0701.2169). England - 14th-15th C.

Muzzled bear badge (British Museum 1853,0502.8). England - 14th-15th C.

Bird badge (British Museum 1856,0701.2165). 14th-16th C. 

Bird badge (British Museum 1856,0701.2166). 14th-16th C.

Crowned bird badge (British Museum 1868,0904.42). 14th-16th C.

Lion passant badge (British Museum 1868,0904.47). England - 14th-16th C.

Cat and mouse badge (British Museum 1896,0501.76). ca. 1300-1500

Dots and diamonds badge (British Museum 1836,0610.39). ca. 1300-1500

Winged phallus badge (British Museum 1913,0619.57). ca. 1350-1500

Cap and feather badge (British Museum 1896,0501.80). England - ca. 1356-1500

Crown and feather badge (British Museum 1871,0714.77). England - ca. 1356-1500

Feather badge (British Museum 1896,0501.81). 1356-1500

Beast badge (British Museum 1856,0701.2184). England - 15th C.

Badge mould (British Museum 1863,0326.2). 15th C.

Bird badge (British Museum 1852,0529.3). England - 15th C.

Collar badge (British Museum 1856,0701.2143). England - 15th C.

Fenced deer badge (British Museum 1836,0610.52). England - 15th C.

Heraldic badge (British Museum 1860,0907.1). France - 15th C.

Seated dog badge (British Museum 1904,0720.13). 15th C.

Lion passant badge (British Museum 1868,0904.48). 15th C.

Bust badge (British Museum 1836,0610.35). late 15th C.

Badge mould (British Museum 1915,1208.155). England - 15th-16th C.

Melusine badge (British Museum 1868,0120.8). 15th-16th C. 

Monogram badge (British Museum 1868,0904.40). 15th-16th C. 

Monogram badge (British Museum 1856,0701.2154). 15th-16th C.

Crowned I badge (British Museum 2001,0701.1). England - early to mid 16th C.

Apollo and Daphne hat badge (British Museum 1915,1216.131). Italy - 16th C.

Bust hat badge (British Museum 1915,1216.136). Italy - 16th C.

Fall of Phaethon (British Museum 1915,1216.298). Italy - 16th C.

Judgement of Paris hat badge (British Museum 1915,1216.135). Germany - 16th C.

Laocoon hat badge (British Museum 1915,1216.134). Italy - 16th C.

Marcus Curtius hat badge (British Museum 1915,1216.132). Italy - 16th C.

Stag passant badge (British Museum 1836,0610.60). England - 16th C.

Minos hat badge (British Museum 1915,1216.130). Germany - ca. 1550

 

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