Badge of a Grand President of the Anti-Gallican Society
“The Anti-Gallican Society was formed around 1745 in opposition to the influx of French goods then coming into England, and the pervasive cultural influence of France. From 1751-53 the Society offered prizes for goods manufactured in England, and continued in being until the end of the Napoleonic Wars. This badge shows the coat of arms adopted by the Society: St George (the patron saint of England) on horseback, spearing the French flag, exceuted in painted enamel.” (British Museum)
