Badges and Military Rewards
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, 1642, a cast and chased silver military reward, unsigned [probably by T. Rawlins], armoured bust almost facing, hand from heaven holding sword horizontally above head, the sword of the lord and of gydeon, rev. in the mvltitvde of covncellors there is peace, view of both Houses of Parliament, with King and Speaker, 39 x 31mm, 10.81g (Platt II, pp.81-2, type D [D1, this item]; MI I, 297/115). Good very fine with integral suspension loop £1,000-£1,200