Pilgerzeichen "Greenery"

Medieval pilgrim badge "Greenery".

Here you can buy a replica of a pilgrim badge from the late Middle Ages showing a group of phalli in greenery.

The historical model for this medieval pilgrim badge comes from the Netherlands and dates from the 14th to 15th century. It is now in the possession of the Koldeweij Collection.

The pilgrim's sign is filigree openwork and shows two phalli in the midst of plants and tendrils, as well as two more in the shape of birds, which is probably to be interpreted as a jokingly erotic allegory of the Garden of Eden.

Link to the originalen pilgrim badge...

The jocular erotic pilgrim signs of the Middle Ages often showed vulvas and phalli and were usually made of a tin-lead alloy or, more rarely, of precious metal. Our replica, on the other hand, is made of high-quality bronze and is also available in genuine silver-plated.

The "Greenery" pilgrim badge measures 4 x 4 cm.

On the back of the pilgrim badge, there is a pin for attaching it to the clothing.

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In the Middle Ages, the obscene-erotic pilgrim badges with phalli were a subgroup of the profane signs. This group includes in particular phalli and vulvae in various situations of daily life, copulating couples, as well as personified genitals, such as an often winged or legged phallus.

If one compares such medieval depictions of sexuality and obscenity in pictorial sources and in literature, the most likely interpretation for these depictions is that people in the late Middle Ages tried to address sexuality in this way by means of comedy. Thus, the signs with phalli are probably to be interpreted as joking gifts of love, or were simply used as a means of promoting communication in the course of gender initiation.