Badge of Charles I and Henrietta Maria
Ruler:
Charles I (1625-49)
Maker:
Rawlins, Thomas
This medal was a badge evidently intended to be worn about the person of friends or partisans of the monarch. They are of various sizes and workmanship, and were executed at various times; some evidently worn as ornamental or honourable decorations conferred for services performed, others to be concealed as tacit memorials of the royal person or cause, where an open avowal of such attachment would have been troublesome or dangerous to the wearer.
Method of acquisition: Given (1950) by Family of C. J. Bunn
Production date: AD 1633
Object composed of silver Diameter (max) 43 mm Diameter (min) 31 mm Weight 11.70 g
Accession number: CM.3962-1950
Primary reference Number: 226574
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Coins and Medals
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