Badge, England, 18th century

Badge, England, 18th century is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 18th century. The museum's brief description reads: Badge, enamel on copper, transfer-printed with a badge for a Forester of the Society of Bucks in polychrome enamels, mounted in a metal frame, England, 18th century. Museum description: Oval badge for a Forester of the Society of Bucks, enamel on copper, transfer-printed in black polychrome enamels. In the middle is a circular frame with the subject of Aesop's fable of the Old Man and his Sons, surrounded by a band with the words "UNANIMITY IS THE STRENGTH OF SOCIETY". Above the panel are branches of vine with grapes, and below it, amongst rococo scrollwork, the words "WE OBEY" repeated, and a sword and sceptre crossed in a cartouche flanked by two stags couchant. Set in a metal frame. The museum record gives material recorded as copper, enamel; measurements Height 6.7 cm; Width 5.1 cm; place associated: England. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.