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Description: | Copper alloy harness pendant. Cast heraldic harness pendant of heater shield shape form with an oval suspension loop at right angles to the display plane retaining the stub of a probably drawn wire loop. The display face bears a sunken plain cross retaining traces of enamel which retains a pinkish hue, so probably originally red. The Cross of St George, the patron saint of England whose cross became a field sign for English troops fighting abroad, is perhaps the most likely allusion. There is no indication of colouring of the field. Suggested date: Medieval, 1300-1400.Length: 37mm, Width: 22.2mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 3.1mm, Weight: 9.91gms
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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