Convict Love Token - Undated - W H
Transcription
Back
Token engraved with stippled designs, including a number of masonic symbols. The designs include a smiling sun and moon, two crossed hearts, two birds holding a sprig of leaves between them, and a crown. Other symbols include a compass and square, a trowel and possibly a set of scales, and the eye stippled at the top of the token. Initials at the base have been scored through:
W [H]
Front
Token engraved with a stippled border and 11 lines of stippled text, still showing the guidelines, and with the date at the base scored through:
WHEN
THIS YOU SEE
REMBER ME .
AND BAR ME IN
YOUR MIND LET
ALL THE WORLD
SAY WHAt THAY
WELL DONt . .
PROVE TO ME
UNKIND . .
18[3?]
Diameter
35.0 mm
Copyright: National Museum of Australia
