BATH FOR FAMOUS GEM
The Kob-i-Noor, the most famous, and the only priceless diamond in the world, recently had its annual bath. A dapper little man drove up to Buckingham Palace, London. Five minutes later the little man emerged, with two plain-clothes policemen. They jumped into the waiting taxi-cab and drove off to Commercial Road. There the famous jewel was placed in the hands of one of the greatest experts in the washing and polishing of diamonds.
Later In the same day the Koh-i-Noor was taken back to its safe near the Queen’s bedroom.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 75, 21 December 1935, Page 4
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94BATH FOR FAMOUS GEM Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 75, 21 December 1935, Page 4
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