Title: Messenger Badge and Shield
Object type: Messenger badge and Shield
Date: badge, 1400–1450; shield, ca. 1800
Culture: possibly Italian
Medium: Iron, copper, bronze, gold, enamel
Dimensions: Badge (a): L. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); W. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); Wt. 3 oz. (85 g); shield (b): L. 15 in. (38.1 cm); W. 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm)
Classification: Miscellaneous-Badges
Credit line: Gift of David G. Alexander, 1984
Geography: Country of Origin    possibly Italy      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Goats