A RING OF NAPOLEON

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 150, 28 June 1938, Page 4

A RING OF NAPOLEON

exit One of Napoleon's crown Jewels, the plat Pronation Ring, has returned to stan 'ranee from Austria after its where- and bouts had been unknown for over 300 nanears. The ring is a large emerald eld in place with eagle's claws, with dove of peace beneath the canopy M n,d crown suggestive of the insignia Tok f the Holy Roman Empire. It is un- hori sually large, for a reason made clear Lloj y Gerard's picture at Malmaison of Tok le Emperor in his coronation robes, P an : l which he is clearly shown to be the 'earing it over thick white kid strci loves. The ring was handed to the neai mperor at the Coronation service hun y the Pope. After 1811 there was no ordc irther trace of it, and the pages of in a >e inventory of the crown jewels on strei Kich it should be described have and ce.) torn out. It is suggested that it T1 as carried off by the Empress Marie thes ouise—which would explain its pre- or 1 :nce in Austria. The ring is at pre- Bros ;nt in the hands of M. Lucien Bas- effec inger. It is hoped that it will be las lown at the Malmaison Museum, but Box s ultimate destination Is uncertain, is ei