Lot 17
17
The Earl of Essex, General, Military Badge, 1642, Silver, 38 mm by 54 mm, half length armoured figure of Essex facing three-quarters left, holding sword, SHOULD HEAR BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMANT FOR TRUE RELIGION AND SUBJECTS FREDOM STAND PRO RELIGIONE LEGE REGE ET PARLIAMENTO, rev., the two houses of Parliament with the Speaker and the King (MI i, 295/113), cast and chased, with scroll-leaf border and suspension loop and ring, small hairline above Essex, otherwise extremely fine and attractively toned
The Earl of Essex, General, Military Badge, 1642, Silver, 38 mm by 54 mm, half length armoured figure of Essex facing three-quarters left, holding sword, SHOULD HEAR BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMANT FOR TRUE RELIGION AND SUBJECTS FREDOM STAND PRO RELIGIONE LEGE REGE ET PARLIAMENTO, rev., the two houses of Parliament with the Speaker and the King (MI i, 295/113), cast and chased, with scroll-leaf border and suspension loop and ring, small hairline above Essex, otherwise extremely fine and attractively toned

Details
The Earl of Essex, General, Military Badge, 1642, Silver, 38 mm by 54 mm, half length armoured figure of Essex facing three-quarters left, holding sword, SHOULD HEAR BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMANT FOR TRUE RELIGION AND SUBJECTS FREDOM STAND PRO RELIGIONE LEGE REGE ET PARLIAMENTO, rev., the two houses of Parliament with the Speaker and the King (MI i, 295/113), cast and chased, with scroll-leaf border and suspension loop and ring, small hairline above Essex, otherwise extremely fine and attractively toned
Further details
Purchased from Spink, December 1972