STOLEN CROWN JEWELS. *

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1620, 11 December 1912, Page 7

STOLEN CROWN JEWELS.

REPLACED INTACT IN DUBLIN. By. Telegraph—Press Association—OopyTight (Rec. December 10, 10.30 p.m.) London, December 10. The "Daily Mail" states that it )» rc> ported that the regalia of (he Order of St. Patrick, stolen in July, 1907, has been replaced intact in the original position in Dublin Castle. The following is the official description/ of the articles stolen :— A diamond star of the Grand Master of the Order of St. Patrick, composed of brilliants (Brazilian stones), consisting of' point's issuing from a centre, enclosing a cross of rubies, and a trefoil of emeralds and sty-blue enamel with "Quia Separabit, MDCCLXXXIII.," in rose diamonds, value .£30,000. A diamond badge of the Grand Master of tho Order of St. Patrick, set in silver, containing a trefoil in emeralds, on a ruby cross, surrounded by a sky-blue enamelled circle, with "Quis Separabit, MDCCLXXXIII." in rose diamonds, in a circle of the large Brazilian stones, surmounted by a harp in diamonds and a loop, value .£16,000. Pive collars of knights companions of the Order cf St. Patrick, composed of gold, with roses and harps alternately, tied together with knots of gold leaves, enamelled, 'and an Imperial jewelledcrown, surmounting a harp of gold, one having attached a badge of the Order, composed of Brazilian stones, and the Cross of St. Patrick in rubies, in a ( blue enamel circle, with the motto, "Quis Separabit, MDCCLXXXIII.," in rose diamonds, the whole enclosed by a wreath of trefoil emeralds on a gold ground, enamelled in colours, value .£4OOO.