" CROWN JEWELS."
CEJTTEJfHIAL BXHIBITIOIf. (By Teleirrniili. —rrew Association.! WELLINGTON. Thursday, Valued at £30.000. a remarkable collection, exact replicas of the regalia, jewellery and plate of the of England and the principal tloyal Houses of Europe, will be a feature of the Centennial Exhibition. It will be hott«ed ift a special building modelled on that portion of the Tower of London where the Crown Jewels are kept. The collection, which is uniqiie, and lias taken a lifetime to assemble, is owned by Mr. Max Bermart. Of London. It comprises some hundreds of filers, each a perfect facsimile of the original and only distinguishable from it by an expert jeweller. Durinsr his recent visit to Wellington Lord Strabolgl, chairman of the concessionary company. informed ' the exhibition directors that the collection would l»e shipped to New Zealand in time for the opening of the exhibition.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 16, 20 January 1939, Page 9
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