Badge

Collection object


2000.0346
D. 10.2 T. 0.5 L. chain, doubled: 44.5 Wt. medal 239.2 g. Overall 312.7 g.
Badge, O'Brien of Thomond clan members badge of office. Circular with short tongue below. Crude. O/ In the sunken centre, raised, O'Brien crest, a bent arm holding a dagger. Around, a garter inscribed with the O'Brien motto, from right to left, so that the text is mainly upside down, Lamh laidir a n-uachtar, in gaelic script. R/ Plain, engraved in a circle around the centre: Cratshalach to brath (? for ever). On the R/ of the tongue is a disc on a short cylinder. Two perforations at the top with suspension rings holding a chain with oval loops.