Front:
Le Centenaire de la
Société Jersiaise
1873-1973
G. DRUMMOND
KEEP
GOLD TORQUE-c 1000 B.C.
1973
ID
JERSEY 3P CHANNEL
COURVOISIER S.A.
23rd. JAN. 1973
CHANNEL ISLAN
G.DRUMMOND
Back:
TREASURES OF THE SOCIETE
JERSIAISE MUSEUM
1 Gold Torque / Torque en Or
Middle to Late Bronze Age c. 1000 B.C.
The Gold Torque of Jersey, one of the three largest,
has been fashioned from a single piece of gold into
a twisted rod of cruciform cross section. It was
almost certainly some form of body ornament.
Weight: 746g, length: 1412mm, found: St. Helier
in 1889.
Illustrated by Gordon Drummond, T.D., F.R.S.A.
Published for the Societe Jersiaise by Charles Skilton & Fry Ltd.
G. Crook
Chateau Stamps
Guernsey.
