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Secular Badges

Secular badges were popular in the medieval period as either lover’s tokens or livery badges. All of the badges below are accurate copies of surviving pewter artefacts. For information on the history of secular badges please refer to the ‘History’ section of the website.

S12-Tudor rose and Pomegranate
S12-Tudor rose and Pomegranate

S12-Tudor rose and Pomegranate

This attractive badge shows the Tudor rose and pomegranate joined together. The pomegranate was the badge of Catherine of Aragon, and the rose was the principle badge of the Tudor Kings. Catherine married two of King Henry VII’s sons, Prince Arthur in 1501 and, following Arthur’s death, Henry (the future King Henry VIII) in 1509. This badge would most likely have been produced at the time of one of these marriages as a form of cheap souvenir, a tradition that survives to this day!

Original found in London.

Early 16th century.

20x22mm A Tudor Rose and Pomegranite dimidiated.
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£6.00
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