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Scallop Shell Replica Medieval Pilgrim Badge

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Pewter scallop shell supplied on a pin with clasp. The information on the reverse of the card explains about heraldry and heraldic designs.

Pilgrim badges are decorations worn by some of those who undertake a Christian pilgrimage to a place considered holy by the Church. They became very popular among Catholics in the later medieval period. Typically made of lead alloy, they were sold as souvenirs at sites of Christian pilgrimage and bear imagery relating to the saint venerated there. The iconography of the scallop shell associated with pilgrimages along the Way of St James and to the shrine of Saint James at Santiago de  Compostela in modern Spain is derived from shells collected by pilgrims on the beach. 

SKU: SHELPPIN