Badge

Silver 'Masonic' badge made in the form of an eight-pointed star, the badge comes complete with a suspension ring. The centre of the badge is decorated with a gilt profile portrait depicting Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), executed on a pink enamel background. The portrait is enclosed within a wreath motif. The badge is inscribed with the words 'THE NELSON LODGE OF ODD FELLOWS TO BT E. FISK MARH 4TH 1832'.

Object Details

ID: JEW0354
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Badge
Display location: Not on display
Creator: D.J.
Date made: 1831
People: Nelson, Catherine; Nelson, Horatio Fisk, E. Nelson Lodge of Odd Fellows
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection
Measurements: Overall: 9 mm x 105 mm x 118 mm; Diameter: 102 mm