A Georgian oval silver-gilt Friendly Society badge
Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £150
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Description
A Georgian oval silver-gilt Friendly Society badge, 1777, Classical figures of Justice and Minerva at altar with crossed Union flags, holding aloft a wreath with clasped hands, below ASSOCIATION, rev engraved coat of arms of three cocks, with cock above, over crossed palm fronds, integral suspension loop, 61.5 x 42.5mm. Good very fine.
The cock emblem used by branches of the Cock and Cockburn families
