The spur was a genuine mark of knighthood throughout the medieval period, not merely a riding aid: the ceremony of knighting itself became known as “earning one’s spurs,” and gilt spurs specifically were reserved for knights, while squires wore plain steel. Captured spurs, taken as trophies from defeated knights, were treated as genuine symbols of victory in their own right.
This spur follows a pattern associated with the Crusading knights of the 12th and 13th centuries, worked in steel with a genuine leather strap, offering a different finish to our brass Crusader spur.
This reproduction recreates that early knightly spur form, part of our Medieval heritage range.






