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.
S14-Livery badge, King Richard III boar
The white boar badge was used by the household and followers of Richard between the early 1470s and 1485. The ‘bore’ may have been an anagram of the word ‘Ebor’ – the latin name for York. Wardrobe accounts for 1483 show that thousands of boar badges were produced for Richard’s coronation.
Based on an original found in Sussex.
Second half of 15th century.
33x20mm.
Based on an original found in Sussex.
Second half of 15th century.
33x20mm.
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£6.00
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