

BGS 025 St. Adrian
How old?: 1400-1525
Finding place: many places in France, Germany, Holland
Place of provenance: Geraardsbergen (Holland)
Details: h.: 78mm w.: 43mm
Meaning: pilgrim badge from Geraardsebergen, where reliquary of St.Adrian was kept. (St.Adrian was a Roman officer who became Christian. Murdered for not obeying orders he became a saint and martyr.) This pattern is a replica of a finding from Nieuwlande (Holland) from years 1450-1500.
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