About this object
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ID:
86.202/20
Production date:
Late Medieval; 15th century
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Location:
In Store
Pilgrim badge of St George. The cult of St George was popular in England from 1098, when he appeared in the sky during the Battle of Antioch in the First Crusade, causing the enemy to flee. Afterwards English soldiers' battle cry became 'St George for England!' By the end of the 1300s St George's feast-day was a national holiday and Henry V, after his victory at Agincourt in 1415, declared the festival as important as Christmas and Easter. From the late 1400s the Chapel of St George in Windsor became a major pilgrimage site where people could see relics such as the saint's heart and leg. This badge was probably bought as a souvenir from Windsor.
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Measurements
H 49 mm; W25 mm; D 2 mm (overall)
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Materials
lead alloy; tin alloy; pewter
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Last Updated
2024-03-18
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