Who can help me ID this?

[Bauwina]

Hello, I am new at this place , so excuus me for mistakes.

I found this at a place where a burned down house had stout.
Its maded of iron.

On the top stays the number 29, if you see very good.


Greetz bauwina (the netherlands)

 

[DCMatt]

Not made of iron. Maybe pewter (tinnen)?

It could be a pilgrim badge. I don't see the 29.

DCMatt

 

[Bauwina]

Here you can see the numbers

 

[Bauwina]

Yes, you are right, its made of tinnen. Maybe its a pilgrim badge, but could you tell me a little bit more about a pilgrim badge? How old it could be?

 

[Ism]

Looks like a 2 and then a reversed 2, not a 9.

 

[AU Seeker]

Yes, you are right, its made of tinnen. Maybe its a pilgrim badge, but could you tell me a little bit more about a pilgrim badge? How old it could be?

Welcome to the forum Bauwina,

Click on the link for some information on Pilgrim Badges.

Pilgrim badge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[yaxthri]

Can't see 2 and/or 9 either...

 

[DCMatt]

It could represent Mary holding the Christ child. I think the "2 9" are part of the scrollwork motif around the badge. Here is an example:

 

[Bauwina]

Thank you all for the answers. I try to clean it a little bit more, so you can see 'mary' better.

When its a pilgrim badge, and it is mary, how much is it worth?

 

[DCMatt]

Sadly not worth very much. $50 US would be TOP dollar. Check ebay to see market prices.

The erotic ones are more valuable than the religious ones...

DCMatt

 

[CRUSADER]

It could represent Mary holding the Christ child. I think the "2 9" are part of the scrollwork motif around the badge. Here is an example:


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I agree that the 29 is just a decor on the edge & the metal is either pewter or lead-alloy(more likely in this case). It seems to have some age, maybe 17th C but not old enough to be a Pilgrims badge.
With the iron fixings it had to either fix to leather or wood, which is not the normal attachment technique for a badge. I'm not sure what it fixed to, but its a cool find.

 

[Bauwina]

I had clean him a little bitomre. Now you can see that its open on the left side of the man. So i think that it Mary not could be.
Its made of lead.
It l

 

[Bauwina]

 

[CRUSADER]

To me it looks like a Cherub in a temple.