GIFT TO HITLER
FAMOUS GUELPH TREASURE? STATE PURCHjVSE FOR £500,000 v [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT] ' LONDON, Nov. 9 I learn that the famous Guelph treasures, the acquisition of which by % the State of Prussia was reported recently, are shortly to be presented to Herr Hitler as a surprise gift, writes a special Berlin correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, The purchase, it is understood, has so far been kept h secret from the Chancellor. The treasures have been set out behind locked doors in a private room in one of the chief Berlin museums. There is some sj>eculation among the few art experts who know of the sale on what occasion General Goering, as Premier of Prussia, will choose for the ceremonial presentation. About £500,003 was paid for the treasures. They were formerly in the possession of the Dukes of Brunswick, a house closely related with the British Royal Family. Medieval church reliquaries and sacred vessels dating from the 11th to the 15th centuries., and among the most remarkable examples of the jeweller» art, are the best known pieces in th# collection.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22283, 4 December 1935, Page 10
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