1941 Vintage Clout Archery Award Pinback Pin Silver Medal (21040801R)

Description

Previously owned vintage 1941 Clout archery Second Place award pinback medal.
Approx. 15mm x 10mm, silver color.
Front: view of Clout archer preparing to shoot.
Back: 2nd / 1941
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Pin & clasp are functional.
Clout archery is a form of archery in which archers shoot arrows at a flag (known as "the Clout") from a relatively long distance and score points depending on how close each arrow lands to the flag. Scoring zones are defined by maximum radii from the flag pole.
Clout shooting is said to have started by English bowmen carrying their longbows to Church on Sundays. After the service they were obliged by law to practice,  usually in a field in close proximity to the Church.