CROWN REMODELLED
NEW SYMBOL OF THE EMPIRE.
CANADIAN AND INDIAN EMBLEMS.
By Telegraph-Press Assn.—Copyright London, April 14. The Imperial State Crown will be remodelled for jubilee year as a new symbol of Empire. The maple leaf of Canada and other emblems of the Dominions and India will replace the Maltese crosses and fleurs delis. Reconstruction of the Crown, which is the most valuable in the world, and was made for Queen Victoria in 1838, will be carried out with the Empire’s jubilee gifts of precious stones and metals, including gold from Canada and Australia, platinum from New Zealand, diamonds from South Africa, emeralds, sapphires, and diamonds from India, rubies from Burma and aquamarines from Ceylon.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 April 1935, Page 5
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115CROWN REMODELLED Taranaki Daily News, 16 April 1935, Page 5
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