Medieval Equestrian Knights Badge
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13th-14th century AD. A bronze badge with pin and sheet metal head formed as a cross-crosslet, the symbol of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, with punched-point border. Cf. Mitchiner, M. Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, items 939-41. 1.49 grams, 24mm (1"). Found on the Thames foreshore at Southwark Bridge, in 1979. The 'Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem' was an order of knighthood under the protection of the Pope, formed around 1099 AD by Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade. It was established for the protection of pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land and was recognised by a Papal Bull in about 1113 AD.
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Medieval Equestrian Knights Badge
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