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Description: | "unregisterable" - "Charlie - Billies" - forgeries of pilgrim badges etc. see B.M. guide to Mediaeval Room pp133
Edward the Confessor reigned 1017-1051 A.D. Pilgrim's Badge 1021
Billy and Charlie forgery of pilgrim token. Circular token with small squared loop for suspension. Obverse depicts bust of man in armour and is inscribed "1021". Reverse depicts four legged animal (horse?) with sword above. Label; handwritten, pen on paper attached to handle
caption: Frontal view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn11020
caption: Rear view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn11020
caption: General view of label of Horniman Museum object no nn11020 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | lead pilgrim tokens forgery (crime) | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-108207 | Go to resource |
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