Convict Love Token - 1820 - Elisabeth
Transcription
Back
Token, pierced at the base, and engraved with nine lines of cursive text, above a crossed heart and some ornamental flourishes:
Weep not
for me my Elisabeth
dear with heavey
heart . I am Confined
here with Grief and
sorrow . I am Oppresd
. Thinking of you . I
Cannot Take no
rest
Front
Token, pierced at the base, and engraved with seven lines of cursive text, above a crossed heart and a symbol resembling a flower or clover:
from rocks
and sand and
dangers free God
protect my love and
Mee
Jams Brooker
Jany 20 1820
Diameter
35.0 mm
Copyright: National Museum of Australia
