PRECIOUS ORNAMENT STOLEN
HISTORIC TREASURE OF SWEDISH MUSEUM
STOCKHOLM, December 28. Sweden’s' most precious antique, the Vadstena Braktea, a golden ornament, was stolen from the Royal Historical Museum. It is valued at £20,000. It was dug up in 1587 at Vadstena, where St. Brigitta founded a convent. The ornament is unique because it is the only one of the kind with an inscription in the runic alphabet. It was removed overnight from the museum’s safe, which was not damaged.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22597, 30 December 1938, Page 9
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79PRECIOUS ORNAMENT STOLEN Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22597, 30 December 1938, Page 9
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