St Edmund Pilgrim Badge, Boxed With Brief Historical Descripition Design_Marcasite Pendant an Anglo-Norse adventurer from Lincoln

an Anglo-Norse adventurer from Lincoln on the run from the Normans

Size: Width 60 cm / 23

75 Inches / 19mm

was an outstanding student and orator from his early years

Suitable for either a man or woman

St Edmund Pilgrim Badge, Boxed With Brief Historical Descripition Design_Marcasite Pendant an Anglo-Norse adventurer from LincolnSaint Edmund. The Saxon king Edmund was put to death by the Vikings following his defeat at the battle of Thetford in 869. Traditionally, he is supposed to have surrendered himself in the hope of saving his people, but was killed by being tied to a tree, shot with arrows and then beheaded. Legend says that a wolf found his discarded head, and carrying it followed the funeral procession to Hoxne, where it was re joined to the body. Following a series