14th-15th century AD. A uniface badge in the form of a parrot or popinjay carrying a scroll inscribed in Latin 'amor vincit omnia' for love conquers all. For similar examples and discussion of the parrot/popinjay in the iconography of courtly love, see Jones, M., Popinjay, Jolly May! Parrot-badges and the iconography of May in Britain, France and the Netherlands, in ed. Kicken, D., et al. (ed.), HJE Van Beuningen Festschrift [= Rotterdam Papers 11], Rotterdam, 2000, pp.214-229.7.16 grams, 59mm (2 1/4"). Property of an East Anglia, UK, gentleman; acquired in the 1990s.[No Reserve]