M405 - Charles I (1625-1649), Royalist Badge or Lockett,
Silver, engraved with loop for suspension, (1649-1660), 24mm, OUTSIDE: a
bleeding heart pierced by two arrows, I live and dy in loyaltye,
INSIDE: I morne for monarchie, a weeping eye, rev.,
OUTSIDE: Quis temperet A lacrymis January 30 1648 (Who can refrain from
tears, January 30 1648), INSIDE: insert bust of Charles I, (MI 266/249) good very fine,
rare and attractive. $3495 SOLD
Produced after the
execution of Charles I on January 30th 1649 (1648 in the Julian calendar)
items like these were worn secretly by Royalist sympathizers during the time
of the Cromwellian Republic. Suspended around the neck this locket could
have been concealed beneath a shirt of jacket.
