Context (Related Documents)
The contents list for the box in which this object was found stored in 2025 states that it contains a 'Collection of Fakes and Forgeries'.
Event Date
Author: Nora J. Klages-Miller

Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Nora J. Klages-Miller

Description (Physical description)
Shadwell forgery (commonly known as a 'Billy and Charley') of a badge or medallion made from lead or lead alloy. Disc-shaped with decoration in relief. One face shows the helmeted head of a knight in profile, with his visor raised. To either side are arranged the numbers from the date '1021', and he is surrounded by an unintelligible inscription. The other face depicts an animal, likely a female wolf, with a sword above and a radiate motif beneath. Hanging loop above disc is of approximately rectangular form with two rounded protrusions at its base. Mould-made. Small perforation near border; some yellowish accretions.
Event Date 10/2/2025
Author: Sophie Wardle