Colonial Medallion ID.

[EARTHWORKS]

Found at a very old colonial site Sat. Very weird design.
Any help would be great.
Thanks,
Earthworks...

 

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[bergie]

Dude, not sure that is two swans like you said...turned out good though. Maybe PBK knows?

 

[hollowpointred]

i dont know what that is but it looks very old! pbk will figure it out.

 

[teverly]

Could it be a pelican

 

[tymcmurray]

I've been looking for quite awhile and can't find anything like it.
It is cool. Let us know if you figure it out.

 

[teverly]

Ok here is a thought what if the things that look like feathers are actually legs and you turn it so it is actually standing on them
That way it would kinds look like a dinasour or maybe a rough drawing of kind of african animal?

 

[RELICDUDE07]

Is it lead on the back/ with a thin layer of copper on the front?I found something like that, at a very old colonial site a week ago..No pattern just flat?It looks very old to me ,maybe it was a bird /duck of some sort. This was dug in rome.. Goodluck

 

[Vrent]

I don't know what it is, but it sure looks like a neat find
Congrats

HH Vrent

 

[DCMatt]

I see a Pelican, too.

Here's a long shot:

It's a medallion for "The order of the Pelican". Members of the Order are called "Master" or "Mistress" and wear a medallion with the symbol of the Order--A Pelican In Its Piety. In medieval times it was thought that pelicans stabbed their breasts and fed their young on their own blood in times of famine. Thus the pelican became a symbol of self-sacrifice beyond the call of duty.

Is that a laurel wreath around the "bird". Perhaps another clue: The Order of the Laurel is one of the Peerages, equal in standing with the The Order of the Pelicans.

Needs more research to be sure. Very interesting piece.

DCMatt

 

[GoingDown]

neat!

 

[Gilligan]

looks like 2 birds, beak to beak kissing, to me, in flight. Bryan

 

[imafishingnutt]

Doves ?

 

[Gilligan]

That's right, a star above the kiss above a pot of love! Bryan

 

[DCMatt]

I see a Pelican, too.

Here's a long shot:

It's a medallion for "The order of the Pelican". Members of the Order are called "Master" or "Mistress" and wear a medallion with the symbol of the Order--A Pelican In Its Piety. In medieval times it was thought that pelicans stabbed their breasts and fed their young on their own blood in times of famine. Thus the pelican became a symbol of self-sacrifice beyond the call of duty.

Is that a laurel wreath around the "bird". Perhaps another clue: The Order of the Laurel is one of the Peerages, equal in standing with the The Order of the Pelicans.

Needs more research to be sure. Very interesting piece.

DCMatt

I still think it represents "A Pelican in her Piety". This was popular imagery representing self sacrifice from the middle ages until the early 20th century. It shows a pelican piercing her own breast so her young can feed on her blood.

DCMatt

 

[hondu2]

I do not know what is on the front of it, But I am not sure it is a Medallion. How deep is the reverse side? It looks like some sort of cap to me.