JEWELS FOR REGALIA
REPLICAS FOR EXHIBITION l Unite'! Press Association) WELLINGTON, 20th January. Valued at £30,000, a remarkable collection, exact replicas of the regalia, jewellery and plate of the Kings of England and the principal Royal Houses of Europe, will be a feature of the Cen* tennial Exhibition. It will be housed in a special building modelled on that portion of the Tower of London where the Crown Jewels are kept. The collection, which is unique, and 1 has taken a lifetime to assemble, is owned by Mr Max Berman, of London. It comprises some hundreds of pieces, each a perfect facsimile of the original and only distinguishable from it by an expert jeweller. During his recent visit to Wellington ! Lord Strabolgi, chairman of the concessionary company, informed the exhibition directors that the collection would be shipped to New Zealand in time for the opening of the exhibition. ! i |
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 21 January 1939, Page 8
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