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Category: Accessories > badges

Lion

Century: XIV, XV

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How old?: 1375-1450
Finding place: the Netherlands, England, Germany.
Details: h.: 37mm w.: 33mm
Meaning : Lions were common on heraldic badges (for example in Holy German Empire) and for city guards. Lion itself symbolises loyality and readiness.

Pewter badges were first introduced as pilgrim souvenirs from different places of Christian cult around Europe and the Holy Land. The earliest findings of this type comes from about second half of XII th. century, fall of their popularity is beginning of XVI th. century. They're closely connected with development of pilgrimages among Christians. Pilgrim badges were a solid prove of finishing a long journey to places were once saints lived. About XIV th. century secular badges also appeared.

ATTENTION: dates showed in this catalogue tells only how old was the material used for the original. It doesn't mean that the badge was used only then.
The pewter badges as well as their descriptions are provided to us by Bartosz Sołtysiak who bases them on historical sources.