Copper-alloy, 0.81 grams, 23.60 mm. Circa 15th-16th century AD. A repoussé open-work bracteate in the form of a cross crosslet, the emblem of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre. This crusading chivalric order was founded by Godfrey de Bouillon in the First Crusade and was active in the eastern Mediterranean from the later 11th century into the 16th century, and was granted the island of Malta by the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V from 1530. The present piece has an additional cross crosslet motif lightly embossed in the upper surface. There is a trace of the attachment point on the reverse. Reference: Mitchener, M. Medieval Pilgrim and Secular Badges, London, 1986 p.244 items 939-42. Good fine condition. Provenance: found near Sittingbourne, Kent, England.