Copenhagen Begging Badges

Denmark · Updated 3 March 2022

Begging Badges in Museum of Copenhagen

Begging badges in the Museum of Copenhagen (Københavns Museum). Such badges were issued from 1563-1708 to allow the poor to legally beg in the appropriate city areas. Currently, street begging is illegal in Copenhagen.

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