Pilgerabzeichen "Lady von Tombelaine"

Medieval pilgrim badge "Lady of Tombelaine".

Here you can buy a pilgrim's badge from the Middle Ages with the image of the Lady of Tombelaine and the Child Jesus.

This medieval pilgrim badge was found in the English village of Salisbury and shows Lady of Tombelain, a small island near Mont St. Michel off the coast of France, where a church dedicated to the cult of Mary became a place of pilgrimage.

The pilgrim's badge dates from the beginning of the fifteenth century AD and probably arrived in England as a souvenir of a pilgrimage.

Link to the historical pilgrim badge...

The medieval pilgrim badge shows the seated and crowned Virgin Mary in an elaborately patterned dress. On her left is the lily as the flower of innocence and on her right a fully clothed Christ child.

Pilgrim badges in the Middle Ages were mostly made of a tin-lead alloy or, more rarely, of precious metal and cast in moulds. Our replica, on the other hand, is made of high-quality bronze and is also available in real silver-plated.

The "Lady of Tombelaine" pilgrim badge measures 4.2 x 2.4 cm.

On the back of the medieval pilgrim badge is a pin for attaching to clothing.

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In the Middle Ages, souvenirs in the form of pilgrim badges were produced in large quantities and sold at religious sites to visitors, who thus had visible proof of their pilgrimage in their hands.

It was common in the Middle Ages to wear the pilgrim's badge on one's hat, identifying oneself as a pilgrim in need of support and hospitality on one's journey.

Many pilgrim badges have been found in medieval watercourses, suggesting that they may have been deliberately thrown into the rivers as offerings by returning pilgrims.