Messenger Badge

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)

Classification

Miscellaneous-Badges

Culture

possibly Italian

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of David G. Alexander, 1984

Accession Number

1984.26a, b

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