DISABLED SOLDIERS AS DIAMOND-CUTTERS
Mr.' Bernard Oppcnlieimor, the dia-1 moud merchant, wii(M'cccntly opened a school at Brighton (England) for tho training in lapidary work of legless men discharged from the Army, has presented a diamond, cut and polished at the school, to Sir Arthur Pearson. The first diamond dressed at the school was presented to Mr. Hodge, the Pensions Minister. He proposed to give it to be raffled for under the art union principle, in aid of tho new schemo which Sir Arthur Pearson has in hand for the benefit of the families of blinded soldiers who married after their discharge. Mr. Oppenheimcr, however, asked Mr. Hodge to keep tlic diamond" as a memento of his visit to tlie school at Brigton, and said lie would be glad to givo the second diamond worked at the school to Sir 'Arthur Pearson. This diamond has been set in an oak pedestal frame, with an inscription relating its history. The work requires great care and skillr Yet the most expert diamondcutter in the school was formerly a •dock labourer who has been about a. month in training. The cutting of tho figantic Cullinan for tho JJoyal collection was done in Amsterdam, and took nine months to finish.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 89, 8 January 1918, Page 8
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205DISABLED SOLDIERS AS DIAMOND-CUTTERS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 89, 8 January 1918, Page 8
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