Lead alloy, 85 grams, 75 mm. 19th century AD. A lead badge with two ropework suspension loops. Obv: a helmetted profile bust with sword; no legend. Rev: bird standing with pseudo-legend and spurious date 1340 (with reversed 4). 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).