On both sides, two floral borders, the outer one broad.
1-2 by 1-05.
MB. .St. Bare.
A thin cast medal, with loop for suspension. It is in very
low relief and of poor workmanship.
This and the following badges or memorials are become in
some degree rare, because, having no beauty to recommend
them, no one has cared to preserve them. They were probably
made for sale in the streets at the time of the King’s marriage,
and were, for the time, worn as ornaments. Heart-shaped
lockets, with the same and similar portraits, were also made
in considerable numbers, and of various sizes and ornamentations.
As they are not strictly medals, it would be out of
place to describe them here.
97. M a r r ia g e B a d g e . 1662.
Bust of Charles II., I., crowned, &c.; same type as the
preceding. Floral border.
No reverse.
1 by -9.
MB. At. Bare.
This piece is struck upon a thin plate of silver, without a
reverse, or the broad outer border, as on the preceding, and
was intended probably to be let into the lid of a box, or to form
a brooch, or some other ornament. The die is probably the
same as the original of the preceding medal.
98. M a r r ia g e B a d g e . 1662.
Bust of Charles II., I., crowned, &c., between c r ; same
design as No. 96. No legend.
Rev. Bust of Catherine, I., &c.; same design as No. 96.
No legend.
•75 by -6.
A thin, poorly executed medal; cast and chased, and with
ring for suspension.
9 9 - M a r r ia g e B a d g e . 1662.
Bust of Charles II., I., crowned, &c.; same design as
No. 96. No legend.
Rev. Bust of Catherine, r., &c.; similar to No. 96, but tbe
hair less formally arranged behind ; pearl necklace. No legend.
•8 by -7.
MB. At. Bare.
A thin cast medal; with ring for suspension.
100. M a r r ia g e B a d g e . 1662.
Bust of Charles II., L, crowned, hair long, in broad falling
collar and robes, the ermine spots incuse.
Rev. Bust of Catherine, I., &c.; design similar to No. 96;
ornaments of gown incuse.
•7 by '65.
MB. At. Bare.
Poorly executed and cast; with ring for suspension.
101. M a r r ia g e B a d g e . 1662.
Bust of Charles II., I., crowned, &c.; same design as No. 96.
Rev. Bust of Catherine, t., hair in a heavy mass behind,
in necklace and mantle round her shoulders; English crown
on her head.
Beaded border on both sides.
•7.
MB. At. Bare.
Cast, low relief, poor workmanship; with ring for suspension.
The obverse and reverse of this badge were issued
separately or together.