Pilgrim badge gift :-)

[DirtAmy]

Just wanted to share this picture of my badge (next to the backpack's logo).
A colleague bought one for me and my camino companion (also a colleague: started as a friend but we keep working together, can't escape her...!) when he heard we were preparing to walk. A wonderful act of spontaneous kindness that means the badge is accompanying every preparatory walk I make, including the cloud shrouded summit of Pen-y-Fan yesterday morning. He knows the fella who makes them from historical examples, the original of this is C14th/C15th from London, and that's very apt as we're all archaeologists.
It's lead-free pewter and features St James as a pilgrim on a scallop shell.
Love it!

 

[Deleted member 67185]

Too cool

 

[Vivienne17]

Thats beautiful! Your sack looks empty! I guess you may be wearing all your gear by the looks of the weather! Gorgeous Pen Y Fan

 

[Mike Savage]

Very cool indeed.

 

[nycwalking]

Nice. Buen camino.

 

[grayland]

Be sure that special badge is very securely attached.

The pack takes a lot of handling and the chance it be rubbed off is pretty high.
I have seen many sad cases of lost pins and badges on packs and hats.

 

[Rambler]

A colleague bought one for me ... He knows the fella who makes them from historical examples, the original of this is C14th/C15th from London...

Amy, Can you share the contact info/website for the fella that makes these? Looks like a great gift for other future pilgrims.
Thanks!!
Rambler

 

[Waka]

Amy, Can you share the contact info/website for the fella that makes these? Looks like a great gift for other future pilgrims.
Thanks!!
Rambler

Yes I agree, please share.

 

[DirtAmy]

Thank you for your warm wishes.
I've asked and the badge is here: www.lionheartreplicas.co.uk/Pilgrim-Badges/P36-Saint%20James%20of%20Compostella.html
Thank you also for the securing advice @grayland and, yes indeed, @Vivienne17 the pack is almost empty, it just has 5l/5kg of water left inside...! ;-)

 

[Waka]

Thank you for the link @DirtAmy.

 

[Bradypus]

I do not always carry a shell on my rucksack these days but I do have a small pewter shell on my hat. When I am on a pilgrimage I never feel properly dressed without a hat and a stick - a sort of uniform for me and I think my shell is not all that different from my old Army cap badge

 

[Akbunny59]

I love the shell Dirtamy, I love penny fan too....!x

 

[Nanc]

how are the badges attached? are there pins on the back side?
Bradypus, I especially like your hat pin. do you have it source?
thanks nanc

 

[Bradypus]

how are the badges attached? are there pins on the back side?
Bradypus, I especially like your hat pin. do you have it source?
thanks nanc

@Nanc I live in the UK and bought mine from an Ebay supplier some years ago. I've forgotten the seller's details but this looks pretty much identical to mine. It is fixed by two pins which plug into spring retainer clips on the reverse side. Like very large earring clips.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sea-Shell...628144?hash=item41b05b0070:g:IacAAOSwIgNXrETn

 

[Nanc]

Thank you i will investigate