COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Scotland, Silver "Clan Badge", for the family Sponer or Spooner, c.1880s, a boar's head pierced through the neck with a spear, within Garter with motto, OPTIMA LOQUITUR PULCHERIMA [sic] FAC (Language is the fairest deal), 60mm. Well made, brooch mounted, about extremely fine.
Fairburn (1905) records the Rev Edward Spooner, Rural Dean of Hadleigh, as using the boar's head with a variety of motto, "Optima loquere pulcherimma fac".
Estimate: £80-120