Badge / brooch
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This curious badge or brooch looks homemade and was perhaps made on demand by an itinerant craftsman at a travelling fair. The central initial in the shield is the letter M - possibly the initial of an organisation or a sweetheart.
The pendant is made from a single length of wire (probably steel) with a square cross-section; the pin is of the same metal but with a circular section. Hopefully someone seeing this will recognise the type and let us know something more about it.
Material: metal
Period: Modern
Find spot: Eastwood Farm, Brislington, ST 6371
Exhibit contributed by Dave Setter & Rod Webb
Text written by Ken Taylor, 2012
Photographer: Ken Taylor
Acquisition number: 120224a1