In his State clothes, including the crown, the Sultan of Johore 'wears diamonds worth £2,400,000. His collar, his epaulettes, his girdle, his cuffs, sparkle with precious stones. His bracelets arc of massive gold, and his fingers are covered with rings which are almost pricoloss: The handle ana the blade of hia sword are covored with precious etones. Tho moat costly insignia of princely dignity, however, are those of the Sultan, or Maharajah, of Baroda, in India. Tha chief ornament is a necklace of five strings, containing 500 diamonds, com© of which ire aB large as. hazel nuts. The upper »nd lovrer rows consist of emeralds oi 'th« same she.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 111, 11 May 1923, Page 5
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