Lead alloy, 70 grams, 90 mm. 19th century AD. A lead badge with pelleted suspension loop. Obv: a radiate crowned facing bust with transverse sword with pseudo-legend and spurious date 1301. Rev: mailed fist holding key with pseudo-legend. Sometimes known as the Shadwell Dock forgeries, these badges, with other articles, were the subject of much debate in the 19th century. Learned antiquaries of the day were fooled. Reference: see website http://www.mernick.org.uk/B&C/years/1301.htm for this type and general information; George Clinch, Handbook of English Antiquities, fig. 178 (this design) and for general information.As made, complete with the originally applied 'fake' patination and rare thus. Provenance: ex Doggett family; ex Lord Holland of Holland House, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1773-1840).