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MUSEUM SWORDS STOLEN
LONDON, April 18. Thieves stole two swords with gold hilts and . scabbards encrusted with diamonds -and emeralds from the Victoria , and Albert Museum. The swords were presented to the first Duke of Wellington, one by the people of Bengal and'other by the Emperor Alexander. A watchman' heard a crash about midnight last night and found - the showcase broken. ■ .- ■ The thieves escaped by a ladder from the first-floor window.
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Grey River Argus, 20 April 1948, Page 7
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71MUSEUM SWORDS STOLEN Grey River Argus, 20 April 1948, Page 7
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