Medieval pendant "Phallus Coronation".

Here you can buy a funny medieval pendant, which was made after a historical bawdy badge from the late Middle Ages.

This remarkable pilgrimage sign was made after a medieval find found in the Dutch diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch and dates from 1375 to 1425 AD.

Link to the historical model...

So-called obscene-erotic signs were very widespread in the late Middle Ages in Northern Europe, especially in the Netherlands, and were used for general amusement during the carnival season.

The bawdy badge "Phallus Coronation" shows a female figure with a phallus equipped with a walking stick and a pilgrim's bag, on which she puts a crown, which can be interpreted as a verbalization of the pilgrimage.

The obscene-erotic pendant is made of high-quality bronze casting or in genuine silver-plated and has an eyelet on the back for carrying around the neck or for attachment to clothing. The pilgrim's sign can also be very easily attached to the garment at the various openings.

The "Phallus Coronation" pendant measures 2.9 x 2.4 cm and thus corresponds to the size of the historical original.
A black leather strap in 1 m length is included.

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The obscene-erotic carrying signs from the late Middle Ages represent a subgroup of the profane pilgrim signs, which include, in addition to crude-erotic pilgrimage depictions, so-called phallic trees or personified genitals, such as the phallic animal, often winged phalli with legs or with a bell hung around them, as well as depictions of winged vulvas or vulvas equipped with legs and arms.

The most likely interpretation of the obscene-erotic signs of wear in the late Middle Ages is that attempts were made to defuse sexuality by means of comedy and that these signs of wear are to be interpreted as joking gifts of love, or simply as a means of promoting communication in the course of gender initiation, especially during the debauched carnival season.