Messenger Badge and Shield

Unknown maker

Medium: Iron, copper, bronze, gold, enamel
Dimensions: Badge (a): L. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); W. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); Wt. 3 oz. (85 g); shield (b): L. 15 in. (38.1 cm); W. 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm)
Culture: possibly Italian
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Miscellaneous-Badges
Dated: badge, 1400–1450; shield, ca. 1800
Pixels: 3200 × 4000
SHA-256: 3f40c67fa0c71455…
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License, verbatimCC0

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Open Access, Creative Commons Zero (CC0). Flagged isPublicDomain=true in the museum's own record.

Messenger Badge and Shield. badge, 1400–1450; shield, ca. 1800. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.