Item 2023.141.11 - St Edmund Hall Boat Club Badge, University of Oxford

2023.141.11

St Edmund Hall Boat Club Badge, University of Oxford

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Blazer badge embroidered with iridescent, gold thread. Badge displays a cross [this type of cross is known as a cross patoncé] surrounded by four birds [identified as red-billed or Cornish choughs], one in each quadrant of the cross. Beneath this is stitched the letters 'S.E.H.B.C' in an elaborate, calligraphy font. Crest is stitched onto a square of dark blue, woollen fabric.

No label
Material: Wool
Measurements: 13.5cm [Width]; 15cm [Length]
Detail: Some fading and wear
Physical Condition: Good

St Edmund Hall is one of the colleges which make up the University of Oxford. The first documented reference to St Edmund Hall is from 1317. Medieval halls were established to house and educate undergraduates, many of them predating Oxford’s colleges. St Edmund Hall was the last of these many medieval halls to survive, becoming a fully incorporated college in the twentieth century. St Edmund Hall's Boat Club was formed in 1861.