Torc torc's Celts Roman legionary jewelry Celtic Chieftain phalera armilla

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Nice, rare and extremely beautiful silvered metal torc.  Great for a Celt or a Roman's war trophy to be worn either around the neck or attached to his Roman medal set or phalerae awards given for bravery in battle.   This would have been part of his Military Awards & Decorations:
Phalera
and Torques: ... A
Phalera
, a medal of honor given to the bravest Roman soldiers.  This torc is made in two pieces with sinew tied in the front and the back to hold it together.  This design fits tight around the neck and is tied in the back to put it on and to take it off.  These are expensive to make, so I do not keep them in stock.  If you purchase one, it will take two months to make.  If you buy two of these beautiful torcs, I will reduce the price to 5 each.
Here is the difference between the normal Celtic brass torc prices of mine and this highly decorated with lion heads torc seen here.  Most torc's sold in America are mass produced in India and sold by many different dealers who buy them in bulk to get a discounted price.  The reason's why this silver one is more expensive is this.  I make this one 100% myself.  I also custom make this torc one at a time, so there is never more then one in stock in the entire world at a time and this torc is sold only to me.  It has a more complicated and far superior looking design then other cheaper torc's made in India.  I mix expensive nickel silver in with yellow brass and cast them in a molten metal state into a sand cast mold to get a nice silver metal color.  I then drill it out on both ends of each piece with small 1/16 of an inch holes to run catgut string though them which is a type of cord that is prepared from the natural fibre found in the walls of animal intestines. Catgut usually comes from sheep or goat intestines, but occasionally use the intestines of cattle, hogs, horses, mules, or donkeys is used.
In my limited editions #1, there is a picture of Crasses (Spartacus Movie).  He is seen wearing a Celtic Torc around his neck.  I want to see if you may be interested in something.  Some auxiliaries looked pretty much like their legionair counterparts.  Roman historians tells us that many Roman auxiliaries wore their traditional arms and armor.  Some also combined the Roman look with their own culture as well.  Britain itself has done this with it's Scottish troops (kilts) and not even to mention it's troops from other countries though out the Empire days.  Many Roman cavalry units had Celtic origins or had members with Celtic ancestry.  I have seen some Roman relief's that show a torc or what seems to be a twisted collar around the neck of a Roman.  We already know that torcs were awarded to certain Romans (usually those of rank during the Empire) as well as awarded to a Roman Cavalry units as an reward.  Some Roman cavalry even added the awards name to their units name.  Centurions usually wear armillia on their hamatas and not torcs as they were usually too big but they are also displayed on centurions grave steala along with armillae(metals/awards) so they probably were worn as well.  So how else would they have worn these trophys?  The most obvious way is around the neck.  The one Crasses is seen wearing on my site does not look unusual in this fashion.  Many items of mine never make it to my site as only a limited few will ever be sold by me.  This is one such item and it is a magnificent Celtic torc.  It is an exact copy of the Snettisham torc.  It is in my opinion, this particular one is the most beautiful torc ever found in Britain.
For a historical reference, you can check out this web site
www.legionten.org
.  For those who are interested in joining a Roman Legion organization go to
www.legionten.org
or email me about joining this Legion at
niximperial(at)aol.com
.  Thanks.
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