Found in a pit with World War ll rubble, during excavation prior to redevelopment at Canterbury Lane, Canterbury. The letters read 'MORLEY' and the wing tips of the bird motif are approximately 14 centimeters apart.

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Dave C sent us these links:
This looks very similar: http://mikeramirez.net/Wingwhee.gif
And: http://www.policelocker.com/Leases2/Home.cfm?Action=
Webview&ProductID1=96&WebRet=Yes&StoreID=305&AID=
Guessing the badge may have something to do with local bikers or maybe US personnel based in area?

John Cooper wrote: This looks Like the badge from the head stock of a bicycle depicting a winged wheel, but I don't recognise the name. Hope this helps.

And thanks, again, to Jacqueline Baric for these:
1) Could it have something to do with the Swanton Morley airfield? [http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/s29.html]. And this was taken from this site: http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART32196.html
"Swanton Morley, Norfolk, along with West Malling has the best-preserved example of the most definably Art Deco of the Air Ministry's control tower designs. The first combined bombing raid with British and American personnel was launched from Swanton Morley on June 29 1942, with both Churchill and Eisenhower present."
Just because it does look very art deco, perhaps it was a “souvenir” from that airfield site.
2) Or ATB Morley, makers of industrial machines and engines, may have had something to do with it; they have been around since 1897 and may have created something that would have been at the site during the war. I can only hazard a guess based on their website information about their products.
Just some thoughts. This one is a bit more specific and not being from the UK, I’m not sure how much I’ve helped here. Hopefully somebody else came up with something better! Cheers, until the next artifact.

During archaeological works at Parham Close, Canterbury, this nice medieval jug was found in the top of an ancient clay quarry pit. By examining the clay, decoration and form of the pot, we can tell that it was made at the local Tyler Hill kilns, just outside the city. This potting industry was at the peak of its success during the 13th and 14th centuries. Very little else was found with the jug. Maybe it belonged to a medieval quarry worker – got damaged and was chucked into the pit…

This rare skeleton was first discovered in 1980, then lost in the CAT archives, then rediscovered in 2006! The animal may have been a similar type to Kyle (pictured), who in his day regularly accompanied his master on Canterbury excavations.

The scale is 10 centimetres long.