The T. R. Hardaker Collection, British Commemorative Medals, Charles I, small Royalist Badge, c. 1644, sometimes attributed to Thomas Simon, armoured bust of the King r., rev. bust of Queen Henrietta Maria l., wreath border to both sides, 17.5 x 14.5mm. (MI.358/226; Farquhar, Portraiture of the Stuarts the Royalist Badges, BNJ 1905, p.256; Platt I, p. 287, type E), lacks the integral suspension loop, very fine, toned and extremely rare
*ex Owen Parsons (Baldwin Auction 12, 28 May 1997, lot 977)
(300-400 GBP)